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The state of Dade News.
VOL. X.
THAN IS COMMANDER
Chinese Forces Using Modern Apoli.
ances of War.
THE AMERICAN LEGATION BURNED.
All Foreign Nations Hurrying Troops
to the beetle of Hostilities—Chinese
Government to be Dismembered.
Shanghai, By Cable.—Prince Tuan
has taken charge as commander gen.
eral in chief, after dismissing Yung
La, a nephew of the Emperor, the
former commander-in-chief. Prince
Tuan gave notice that he would march
to Tien-Tsin and sweep out the hand,
ful of foreigners. The Chinese army
has had forty-five Krupps. They man.
aged to burn the United States con.
sulate. The warehouses and the Stan
dard Oil Company’s premises are be
lieved to have escaped. Though the
situation is grave, the Chinese have
not . occupied Tien-Tsin. The latest
news from Pekin emanating from au
thentic sources is to the effect that
there is no change in the situation.
This is understood to mean that the
legations still hold out. .he Chinese
have surrounded them, buit do not
dare to make another attack. Appar
ently they hope to starve out those
who have taken refuge there. Foreign
ers and commercial men at /ail of the
treaty ports are of the opinion that the
Chinese government has been wrecked
beyond repair and that the only solu.
tion for the existing anarchy will be
the establishment of anew govern,
meat, controlled by the civilized na
tions. Attempts to restore the Em
press on the basis of her promise of
good behavior would make the position
of the foreigners worse than ever. A
popular plan is the restoration of the
Emperor, if found alive. With liber 1
advisers he could be held subject o
strict supervision by some council
representing the foreign powers. -ne
personal punishment of the highest of
ficials concerned in the arti-foreign
movement is considered essential. In
terest is focussed on Russia and
America. It is the universal belief
that Russia instigated rioting, expect
ing to march an army to Pekin and
proclaim herself protector of China
under the guise of restoring order, but
achieved a fiasco on account of the
prompt action of the other powers.
America, which is considered to hold
the key to the solution because of be.
ing beyond suspicion of land-grabbing
motives, is in the best position to take
the lead in making proposals for a per.
manent arrangement. There is a prac
tical Anglo-American alliance in China.
The commercial organizations of both
nationalities are urging their respec
tive governments to hurry more troops.
The presence of enough soldiers to en
force the demands upon China, besides
being a check to the ambitions of rival
powers, is deemed vital. There is an
insufficient number of English troops
available to protect the interests at
6take in the treaty ports. The English
and Americans confidently expect that
several regiments will be sent from the
Philippines without delay.
No confidence is expressed in Li
Hung Chang, who is expected to follow
whatever policy is likely to result in
personal aggrandizement. Many mis.
sionaries from u*e Yang Tse Kiang
Valley are coming to Shanghai for
safety. Three Chinese gun-boats re
cently built by the Armstrongs have
arrived at Shanghai from Taku. Two
Chinese cruisers at Kiang Ying fort,
miles up the river, are kept under
steam. The forts are provided with
modern artillery and are instructed to
watch for the approach of foreigner.*.
Six American Presbyterian mission,
aries from Kian Ying have arrived at
SShanghai. A wealthy Chinaman
who fled from Pekin on the 14th says
that all the legations except the Bri
tish, Austrian and Belgian have been
burned, the foreigners taking refuge in
those three. Only ?*ven Krupp guns
are emplq ed in the bombardment of
Tien-Tsin.
There is still no news of Vice Ad
miral Seymour. The officials here are
anxious; business is practically sus
pended and all the respectable Chinese
look for foreign protection in the event
of a rising. It is officially said that the
Dowager Empress has issued emphatic
instructions for the extermination of
all foreigners in China. Large num
bers of refugees are arriving here from
the northi All is quiet here and in the
Yang Tse Kiang Valley.
Nine Americans Killed.
Manila, By' Cable. —A detachment of
forty men of the Fortieth Hegiment,
Captain Thos. Miller, commanding, left
Caygan de Misamis, Island of Mindano,
scouting on June 13. During the morn
ing of June 14, they encountered a
strongly ambushed and entrenched
force of the enemy. The Americans*
attempts to charge were frustrated by
the Filipinos' pitfalls find traps. The
advanced line, consequently, was un
der a heavy Are in front and on its
flanks, and fell back on Cagayan. The
American loss was nine men killed and
two officers and ten men wounded.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The Substance of the Declarations of
The Party.
The Republicans of the United
States, through their chosen represen
tatives, met in national convention,
looking back upon an unsurpassed re
cord of achievement and looking for
ward into a great field of duty and op
portunity and appealing to the judg
ment of their countrymen, make these
declarations.
, The Democratic party is arraigned
for inability to manage public affairs
and to inspire public confidence. The
doctrine of free ooinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 is denounced.
The administration of President Mc
iKnley is endorsed in the fullest
terms.
The following reference is made to
Democratic principles and policy:
In asking the American people to in
dorse .this Republican record, and to
renew their commission to the Repub
lican party, we remind them of the fact
that the menace to their prosperity
has always resided in Democratic prin
ciples and no less in the general inca
pacity of the Democratic party to con
duct business prosperity is public ci\i
fidence in the good sense of the gov
ernment and in its ability to deal in
telligently with each new problem of
administration and legislation. That
confidence the Democratic party has
never earned. It is hopelessly inade
quate, and the country’s prosperity
tvhen Democratic success at the poll3
is announced, halts and ceases in mere
anticipation of Democratic blunders
and failures.
Trusts are denounced and the policy
of protection of American labor
against foreign contract labor is advo
cated.
Our present dependence upon foreign
shipping for nine-tenths of our foreign
carrying is a great loss to the industry
of this country. It is also a serious
danger to our trade, for its sudden
withdrawal in the event of European
war, would seriously cripple our ex
panding foreign commerce. The na
tional defense and naval efficiency of
this country, moreover, supply a com
pelling reason for legislation which
will enable us to recover our former
place the trade-carrying fleets
of the world.
THe pension laws should be liberal
and should be liberally administered
and preferences should be given wher
ever practicable with respect to em
ployment in the public service to sol
diers and sailors and to their widows
and orphans.
We commend the policy of the Re
publican party in maintaining the ef
ficiency of the civil service. The ad
ministration has acted wisely in its
effort to secure for public service in
Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Phil
ippine Islands, only those whose fitness
has been determined by training and
experience. We believe that employ
ment in the public service in these ter
ritories should be confined as far as
practicable to their inhabitants.
It was the plain purpose of the fif
teenth amendment to the constitution
to prevent discrimination on account
of race or color in regulating the elec
tive franchise. Devices of State govern
ments, whether by statutory or consti
tutional enactments, to avoid the pur
pose of this amendment are revolution
ary anti should be condemned.
The Dingley act, amended to provide
sufficient'"revenue for the conduct of
the war, has so well performed its
work that it has been possible to re
duce the war debt in the sum $40,000,-
000, he country is now justified in ex
pecting and it will be the poucy of the
Republican pkrty to bring about a re
duction of the war taxes.
We favor the construction, owner
ship, control and protection of an Isth
mian canal by the government ot the
United States. New markets are neces
sary for the increasing surplus of our
farm products. Every effort should be
made to open and obtain new mar
kets, especially in the Orient, and the
administration is warmly to be com
mended for its successful effort to com
mit all trading and colonizing nations
to the policy of the open door in China.
In the interest of our expanding com
merce we recommend that Congress
create a Department of Commerce and
Industries in the charge of a secretary
with a seat in the cabinet.
The policy of the Republican party
in maintaining the efficiency of the
civil service is commended.
We approve the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands to the United States.
In accepting, by the treaty of. Paris,
the just responsibility of our victories
in the Spaniih war, the President and
the Senate won the undoubted approval
of the American people. No other
course was possible than to destroy
Spain’s sovereignty throughout the
West Indies and in the Philippine Is
lands. That course created our respon
sibility before the world and with the
unorganized population whom our in
tervention had freed from Spain, „o
provide for the maintenance of law and
order, and for the establishment of
good government and for the perform
ance of international obligations. Our
authority could not be less than our
responsibility and wherever sovereign
rights were extended, it became the
high duty of the government to main
tain its authority to put down armed
insurrection and to confer the blessings
of liberty and civilization consistent
with their welfare and our duties and
these shall be secured to them by law.
To Cuba, independence and self-gov
ernment were assured in the same
voice by which war was declared and
to the letter this pledge shall be per
formed.
TRENTON, GA., J UNE 28, 1900.
TO INSTANT DEATH.
Thirty-Five Lives Lost in a Railroad
Wreck in Georgia.
A WASHOUT WAS THE CAUSE.
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Every Person on the Train Perished
Except Those on the Pnllman Car—
Not a Note of Warning.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.—A passenger
train on the Macon branch of the
Southern railway ran into a washout
one and a half miles north of McDon
ough, Ga., Saturday night and wbs
completely wrecked. The wreck canght
fire and the entire train with the ex
ception of the sleeper was destroyed.
Every person on the train, except the
occupants of car, perish
ed. Not a membjyj o''the train crew
escaped. pie in all were
killed. Followin, ■ of the dead:
William A.
lanta.
Wood, conductor, Atlanta.
J. H. Hunnicutt, c*>ductor, Atlanta.
J. T. Sullivan, engiufer, Atlanta.
W. W. Bennett, baggagemaster, At
lanta.
T. D. Maddox, cotton buyer, Atlanta.
W. J. Pate, Atlanta.
Twelvb year old son of W. J. Pate,
Atlanta.
H. R. Cressman, Pullman conductor.
George W. Flournoy, Atlanta.
D. C. Hightower, Stockbridge, Ga.
'W. W. Ipark, Macon, Ga.
Elder Henron, traveling man, sup
posed to have been from Florida.
J. R. Florida, Nashville, Tenn.
W. O. Ellis, bridgeman, Stockbridge,
D. Y. Griffth. supervisor.
J. H. Rhodes, fireman.
John Brantley, white, fireman.
W. L. Morrisett, pump repairer.
W. R. Lawrence, foreman extra
gang.
Ed Byrd, colored, fireman, Atlanta.
Robert Spencer, train porter.
Four bodies yet unidentified.
Eight negro section hands.
The train left Macou at 7:30 and was
due in Atlanta at 9:45 p. m. McDon
ough was reached on time. At this
point connection is made for Columbus,
and here every night the Columbus
train is coupled on and hauled through
to Atlanta. Saturday night, however,
for the first time in many months, the
Columbia train was reported two hours
“late on account of a washout on that
branch and the Macon train started on
to Atlanta without its Columbus con
nection.
Tremendous rains of daily occur
rance for the past two weeks have
swollen all streams in this part of the
south, and several washouts have been
reported on the different roads. Camp's
creek, which runs into the Ocmulgee,
was over its banks and its waters had
spread to all the lowlands 'through
which it runs. About a mile and a
half north of McDonough, the creek is
somewhat near the Southern’s tracks
and, running alongside it for some uis
tance, finally passes away under the
road by a heavy stone culvert. A cloud
burst broke over that section of the
country about 6 o’clock and presuma
bly, shortly after dark, washed out a
section of the track, nearly 100 feet in
length. Into this the swiftly mbving
train plunged.
There was not a note of warning.
The storm was still raging and all the
car windows were closed. The passen
gers, secure as they thought, sfnd shel
tered cofortabiy from the inclement
weather, went to death without an in
stant’s warning. The train, consisting
of a baggage car, second coach, first
class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was
knocked into kindling wood by the fall.
The wreck caught fire a few minutes
after the fall and all the coaches were
burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the tr*dn except the
occupants of th'e Pullman car perished
in the disaster.
For a brief time there was silence.
Then the occupants of the Pullman cat
recovered from their bewilderment and
after hard work managed to get out
of their car and found themselves on
the track in the pouring rain. The ex
tent of the catastrophe was quickly ap
parent
Flames were already coming from
that part of the wreckage not covered
by the water.
As the wreck began to go to pieces!
under the destructive work of both fire
and flood human bodies floated out
from the mass and were carried down
stream by the swift current.
The storm did not abate in fury.
Flashes of lightning added to the
steady glow of the burning train and
lit up the scene with fearful distinct
ness.
Flagman Quinlan, who was one of
the first to get ojit at once "started for
the nearest telegraph station. Making
his way as rapidly as possible in the
face of the blinding storm, he stumbled
into the office at McDonough and af
ter telling the night operator of the
wreck, fell fainting to the floor. Word
was to botih Atlanta and
Macon, but no assistance was to be
had except from the former city as the
interrupted track prevented the arri
val of any train from Macon.
A wrecking train was started out
from Atlanta at midnight, but owing
to the burning wreckage nothing could
be done until morning. A special train
at 6 o’clock took doctors, ministers,
railroad officials and helpers to the
scene, but nothing could be done save
to gather un the bodies.
MOCHA TIC.
mckinley and roosevelt.
Nominated on the First Ballot and De>
dared the Unanimous Choice.
For President, William McKinley, of
Ohio.
For Vice-President, Theodore Roose
velt, of New York.
That is the ticket nominated by the
Republican National Convention on
Thursday. Both nominations were by
acclamation.
At 10:40 o’clock the convention was
called to order by Chairman Henry
Cabot Lodge. The Right Reverend,
Archbishop Bryan, made the opening
prayer.
AJter some routine business had
been transacted, the nomination of a
candidate for President of the United
States was declared to be in order.
FOR AKER NAMES McKINLEY.
The call of States was begun and the
first Otate yielded to Senator Joseph
Benson Foraker, of Ohio. Senator Fo
rakej- made a ringing speech, in which
WILLI AM m'KINLEY.
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he said the Democratic financial policy,
like the “Lost Cause” of the Confeder
acy, and its other policies had been
buried too deep for resurrection. He
spoke of the reoord of the Republican
party and reviewed the great record of
the present administration. He, de
nounced the Democrats and declared
that the country demanded the re-nom
ination and re-election of William Mc-
Kinley.
ROOSEVELT’S SPEECH. V
Then Governor Theodore Roosevelt,
of New York, took the platform. He
was greeted by the most enthusiastic
cheering, and
lasted for five minutes. He said tie rose
to second the nomination of President
McKinley. v
He was applauded at every v e
spoke, and was frequently inte .ed
in the midst of sentences.
He was followed by Senator Joan M.
Thurston, of Nebraska, who also made
a strong speech, seconding McKinley's
THBODOBE UOOSEVELT.
nomination. Mr. Yerks, of Kentucky,
also seconded the nomination.
The delegates called loudly, “vote!’?
“vote!” but Chairman Lodge recogniz
ed Mr. Knight, of California, who also
made a seconding speech.
This ended the speech-making, and
the vote was ordered.
The roll of States was called, and
every one voted for McKinley.
mckinley nominated.
At 12:40 the chairman announced
that William McKinley had received
(the entire vote of the convention, and
was accordingly nominated for Presi
dent of the United States.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
A storm of cheers and applause
greeted the announcment of the vote.
Chairman Mark Hanna led the cheer
ing, and frantically waved a banner,
while the band played “Red, White and
Blue.” The delegates with banners
marched around tne hall, w.ldly cheer
ing for McKinley. It was an inspiring
and enthusiastic scene.
The nomination of vice-president
was declared next in order. Theodore
Roosevelt, of New York, was placed
in nomination by Young, of lowa, sec
onded In an eloquent speech by
Chauncey Depew. On the call of States
he received the vote of every State
and was declared the unanimous choice
of the convention for the second place
on the ticket.
Thus was closed the work of the eon
ention which had been in session since
Tuesday. Much enthusiasm was dis
played in the closing hours of the con
vention.
WANT 100,000 MEN.
Demand For a Vast Foreign Army in
China.
BIG FORCE NEEDED TO TAKE PEKIN.
The Chinese Boast of an Army if 400-
000 Hen—Seymore Probably a Hos
tage For Good Terms.
Che Fu, by Cable.—The foreigner*
everywhere are urging the immediate
concentration of an army of 100,000
men, or at least 50,000 men. for the ad
vance on Pekin. Many persons famil
iar with the Chinese character think
the foreign ministers and Vice Admir
al Seymour are held as hostages for
good terms of settlement. They also
belive that the whole Chinese army is
joining in the movement under the
leadership of Tung Fub Siang, who
crushed the Mohammedan rebellion.
Recently he was nominally degraded
for the purpose of organizing an anti
foreign uprising quietly. It is estimat
ed that 60,000 soldiers, well armed, bur
poorly disciplined, are south 0. - akin
and Tien-Tsin. The Chinese officers
boast that they have 400,000 soldiers.
Admiral Seymour’s force carried a
week's rations and the men had an av
erage of 150 rounds of ammunition.
The Russian conduct at Taku, accord
ing to the other officers, inflamed the
natives. The Russians are reported to
have been shooting the Chinese indis
criminately and driving away the peace
ful Chinese who would have procured
transportation and provisions, and of
looting the town. A great naval dem
onstration at all the treaty ports is
Also said to be desirable in order to in
fluence the wavering Chinese mer
chants who are friendly to foreigners.
The masses are becoming excited at
the reports of their countrymen’s suc
cesses against the powers. Merchant
men here report that the Boxers are
drilling in the streets of New Chwang,
and that when the officials inspected
the soldiers with the view of suppress
ing the Boxers, they found the soldiers
had sold their rifles and equipments to
the Boxers.
The military school at Moukden is
t reported to have been destroyed. The
British consul at Foo Chow is asking
for warships. The arrival of the Brit
ish first class cruiser Terrible and two
Japanese cruisers relieved the strained
relations. An outbreak was reported
last night, the sailors slept on their
arms and the foreigners prepared to
take refuge on the ships.
Commander Taussig, of the York
fcown, requested the commander of the
fort to cease his diplomatic manoeuv
res with cannon and notified him that
If Chinese troops were sent to the city
ostensibly to repress the Boxers, Amer
icans would be landed.
There are about 150 American and
British missionaries at Che Fu. They
are short of money and clothes, having
left their stations hastily. >,
United States Consul John Fowler's
*hip is expected to bring fifty mission
| aries and French priests from the
mouth of the Yellow river, whither
they are flocking from the interior.
! The commander of the Chinese cruised
i Hei Hai, at Chen Chow, offered Mr.
Fowler to go the relief,of the mission
aries at Yang Che Kiang, if assured of
protection. It is reported that the
Russians are moving 30,900 men to
wards New Chwang.
Gathering at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Special.—The first arri
vals for the Democratic national con
vention, came in Tuesday. They were
John J. Fitzgerald, a delegate from
Kings county, N. Y., and Jacob Rup
pert, Jr., of New York city, an alter
nate at large. Both are quoted as_ say
ing they do not favor the free silver
plank in the Democratic platform.
There are so many issues more impor
tant,” said Mr. Ruppert, “that I think
free silver need not be mentioned at
ail. The party in the East will not
stand for free silver.” Sterling Price,
of Paris. Texas, arrived here Tuesday
uid began arrangements for opening
headquarters for Congressman Wm.
Bulzer, of New York, who is expected
on Friday or Saturday. Incidentally,
Mr. Price started a boom for the New
Yorker for Vice President.
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Lee Not Afraid of Fever.
Havana, by Cable. —The yellow fever
situation at Quemados shows much
Improvement. There have only been
tour deaths, two of which were Ameri
cans, including Major Frank H. Ed
munds, inspector on the staff of Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee, who died June 18.
General Lee refuses to leave his head
quarters, though he has given permis
sion to his staff, if they desire, to do
60.
Collision on the Seaboard.
Elberton, Ga ..Special.—A head-end
collision oidthe Seaboard Air Line oc
curred at Alesby, six miles from bere
Tuesday A work train ran
into a flight, on the
main stati< n waiting fqr
the work train to Takv-the siding. En
gineer Neal was badl\ injured by
steam. He remained winged in be
tween the two engines twenty
before be could be cut out. One
was almost totally wrecked. All trains
were delayed two hour*.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRV.
The South.
McKinley has declined the Invitatioa
to visit Atlanta on July 20th.
Jack Thomas, a negro who attempt
ed an assault upon Mrs. Keene, a wid
ow lady living in Suwanee county, Fla*
Friday night, was taken from the sher
iff by a mob at Live Oak
hanged to a tree and riddled with bul
lets. He made a full confession
A cyclone passed over Eutaw,
Monday and did a great deal of dam
age. The Baptist church was demol
ished and the Presbyterian church and
Female Academy were badly wrecked
D. H. .Johnson, United States pen
sion agent at Memphis, Tenn., was ar
rested on a United States warrant,
charging him with unlawfully obtain
ing SSOO from an aged colored woman.
Johnson claims that he borrowed th
money.
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North.
Govern< e Roosevelt will
leave Nqv v next Friday for
Chicaj * that cicy Satur
day, a. e same night for
Oklaho ere he will attend
the re- Id regiment, th
Rough -
The reVL ‘those killed in
Monday's wri, Chicago and
Northwestern 'he numby^at,
seven.
Martin J. Russt.. pf the proprie
tors and editor of 1 hicago Chron
icle, and for marry 'identified with
tEe t gjeagem newspa
pers, died Sunday^rij } t aiackinae
Island, from a coltoS, ™ of (lis *
eases.
I n
In the United State* t 'lit in
St. Louis, Judge Elnfc
sued a temporary inJlno n "
ing Wm. D. Mahon,vpres
Amalgamated Order of Strt
ployes of America and othr
terfering with the opei,
mails over the lines of H
Transit Company. This’"
names over 100 men, most of w-.
members of the association overV ,
Mr. Mahon presides. . ' t J
It is announced that Judge James wf
Tarvin, president of the Ohio Bi-Meti
lic League, will be a candidate for tho
gubernatorial nomination before the
Kentucky Democratic convention at
Lexington, July 19th.
W. Bourke Cockran addressed the
graduating class of the Yale
School at New Haven Monday.
Congressman Robert ■ J.. Gamble is
dying of meningitis at Yankton, S. D.
Sheriff VV. V. Malloy was sentenced
to jail for contempt of court at West
chester. N. Y., and will have to lock
hims f up.
A convention to organize the Illinois
Union Reform party, on the basis of
direct legislation, will be held at Chi
cago on June 27.
Thomas S. Jackson, while ill with
scarlet fever, fell In love with hisi,pret
ty nurse, Mrs. Millicent Mayen*, at
Stamford, Conn., and married hew?
Finding her in ithq company T)f a
number of boys at Brooklyn, N. Y., fif
teen-year-old Lizzie McDonald's fath
er ordered her home, and was promptly,
thrashed by his daughter’s beaux.
Foreign.
The Viceroy of India cables that fre*-
quent showers have faalen in the Dec
can and elsewhere, but that heavy
rains are wanted in order to enable the
natives (to engage in plowing and sow
ing the autumn crops.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Express Eays: “Four Rus
sian ambassadors art here, by accident
or design—Count Cassini, ambassador
to the United States; Count De Neli
doff, ambassador to Italy; Count. Kap
niv, ambassador to Austria-Hungary,,
and Prince Oouroussoff, ambassador to
France. It Is said that Count Mura-‘
vieff’s successor at the Russian loi
eign Office will be one of these, and I
am informed that Count Cassini stands
the best chance.”
The British government has received
dispatches from Ashanti indicating
that the relief of Kumassi should bo
accomplished this week.
Generals Buller and Hamilton are
seeking to occupy the railroad from
Volksrust to Johannesburg, in the-
Transvaal, and cut off the Orange,
river colony Boers.
Heavy rains in Cuba have caused
yellow fever to spread.
Dispatches from Ecundor say that
war is threatened between .that coun
try and Colombia.
The rainv season, whieh has com
menced in the Philippines, is interfer
ing with millitary operations ;,there.
The Secretary of the British' Lega
tion in Washington, Reginald, T. tow
er, has sailed to accept appointment as
British Minister at Pekin.
Miscellaneous.
The seuni-millenial celebration ot
the birth of John Guttenberg, the in
ventor of printing, began on a grand,
scale at Mayence, Germany, recently.
Americans overrun the London
hotels. • -
NO. 15.