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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. - 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. —- 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. y 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. ' * , •' 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.