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THE STATE OF DAD
VOL. X.
1,50# MASSACRED.
A Big Engagement Takes Place in
Central China.
THE REFORM FORCES DEMORALIZED
Leaders of the Reform Rabble
Beheaded by Order of the Governor
—Wholesale Butchery.
Minneapolis, S*pecial.—A special to
The Times, from Vancouver, B. C.,
says: News off a terrible nuaseacre of
the reform forces in China, and the be
heading of 27 of its loaders has been
received here in a cablegram to W. A.
Cumrow, secretary of the Chinese Re
form Association in America.
An engagement took place in the
province of Cichili, a populous section
olf the Yang-Tse Valley, in Central
China; it resulted in the killing of 1,-
500 men and the complete demoraliza
tion if the reform forces. The battle,
into fhich the reformers were brought
by treachery, occurred on December
18, aid the work of the movement has
as a iconsequence been dropped in all
that part of the country. The Chinese
herelare loud in their expressions of
disapproval of the conduct of the cam
paign by the leaders. But few details
givei in the cablegram.
Race War in Idiana.
Jeffersonville, Ind., Special. —A race
■waii is In progress at Comentville, a
sniill station on the Pan Handle road,
five miles north of this city, and seri
ous trouble is expected. The negroes
art, armed and the whites axe keeping
wishiu doors to avoid them. The out
break began Monday afternoon, when
L'h Ranger and John Redmond, ne
gipas, became intoxicated and started
iij to initiate whites. When their in
sults were resented other negroes join
el Ranger and Redmond and captured
rhmuel Kendall's saloon. Nearly 20
diots were fired, but no one was hurt,
in appeal by telephone was made to
ifheriff Rave for help and he drove ta
<|enientville and to some extent quiet
si the negroes while he was present.
Aifter his departure another outbreak
ook place and message after message
ame to the local police to send men'to
he town. Ranger was shot by Ken
lall, but how badly is uot known. as
le was canned away and secreted by
his companions. Kendall's life was
.hreatened. About midnight he man
aged to escape from his store and
came direct to this city, awakening
Prosecutor Montgomery, and begging
him to issue warrants and hale deputy
sheriffs sworn in to serve them. It was
almost daylight when the community
became quiet, the negroes having ev
erything their own way. The whites
are intimidated to such an extent that
they are using every possible precau
tion to prevent a collision.
C
Killed in Street Duel.
Offerman, Ga., Special.—A telephone
message from Sallie, a town near here,
says Dr. C. W. Dedge was shot and
killed by Leon Roberts, and that F. M.
Roberts, father of Leon, was probably
fatally shot by Dedge. Dr. Dedge was
a prominent dentist and a large naval
storey operator. F. M. Roberts is a
wealthy railroad tie contractor. Dedge
and the elder Roberts had a quarrel.
Young Roberts interferred. There was
•promiscuous pistol firing, which re
sulted as above,
t
Trolley Cars ColFde.
Lebanon, Pa., Special.—Two trolley
care on the Lebanon Valley Street
railway, crowded with Christmas
shoppers, collided between this city
and Annville. A number of persons
were injured, some seriously. An
eighteen months old baby was tramp
led upon by the panic stricken pas
sengers and is not e-xpected to recover.
The front part of each car was reduced
to ,-rpi inters and the motormen saved
themselves by jumping.
.Miseiss'ppi’s New Capitol
The new capitol building of the State
of Mississippi, contracts for which have
been let to Wells and Wells, of Chica
go, a firm of builders, for $831,000, will
be one of the most stately structures
in the South. The style will be pure
Renaissance. There will be four en
trances but the principle front will
face south. The length of the building
will be 402 feet and the central dome
will rise 175 feet above the grade line.
The two legislative chambers will be
placed on the second fioor and wil be
handsomely decorated. The seats will
be arranged in amphitheatrical order
with their backs to the window. The
walls of the structure will be partially
granite and partly marble.
Caleb Powers flay do Free.
Frankfort, Ky., Special.—'The court:
of appeals adjourned Saturday until
the January term without rendering a
decision in the case of ex-Secretary of
State Caleb Powers, charged witn com
pliclty in the Goebel assassination and
sentenced to life imprisonment. This
passes the appeal to the new court,
which will stand four Republicans to
three Democrats.
HOLIDAY ADJOURNMENT.
Congress to Re-Convene on January
4.1901.
SENATE.
Sixteenth Day.—ln the open session
of the Senate little business was trans
acted. A spirited debate was precipi
tated over the resolution of Mr. Chan
dler to discharge the committee on
contingent expenses from further con
sideration of the resolution authorizing
an investigation of the Monatna sen
torial case. The exchanges between
the advocates and opponents of the
resolution took a political turn and re
sulted in some colloquies. No
action upon the 1 evolution was taken.
The army re-organization bill was re
ported by the committee on military
affairs.
In the discussion of the Chandler
resolution, Mr. Jones, of Arkansas,
protested that the resolution was a
rebuke to the committee. Mr. Chand
ler said no politics had entered into
the committee’s consideration of the
case. Both Mr. Clark and Mr. Magin
nis were Democrats and the question
involved was seating of one Democrat
or another.
"If this is purely Democratic quar
rel,” suggested Mr. Tillman, of South
Carolina, “then the Senator’s interest
in the matter is rather extraordinary.”
Seventeenth Day.—No business
was transactor by the
Senate. The news of the
death of Mrs. Wm. P. Frye, wife the
President pro tem. of the Senate, was
conveyed officially to the body, and
out of respect to her memory, it imme
diately adjourned until January 3,
1901.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, then
called the body to order. Rev. Mr. Mil
burn pronounced a beautiful invoca
tion in which he feelingly referred to
the the demise.
The secretary then read a letter from
Senator Frye appointing Senator Fair
banks pro tern, during his absence from
the Senatefl. Tbs reading of the jour
nal was suspended, and at 12.0’* the
Sentate adjourned.
HOUSE.
' Sixteenth Day.—Representative Hop
kins, chairman of the committee on
census, filed in the House the majority
report on the re-apportionment bill re
ported by his committee, fixing the
membership of the House for the next
decade at 357. Representative Bur
leigh, of Maine, filed a majority report
signed by six members in favor of a
House to be composed of 386 members,
and Representative Crumpacker, of
Indiana, who signed the Burleigh re
port, also, submitted an independent
report in favor of reducing the repre
sentation in the Southern States to the
extent cf the abridgement of the suf
frage. His independent report favors
a House to be composed of 374 mem
bers. Mr. Hopkins, in the majority
report, cites many instances to show
that the loss of seats by States under
re-apportionment bills was not un
common. Massachusetts, for instance,
which, under the third census had 20
members, was reduced to 10 under the
sixth, seventh and eighth, and Virgin
it, whih bac.*lwer.ty-three in the third,
had but nine under the ninth. The
report says the committee followed the
plan adopted under the sixth census
and followed continuously since. It
has the sanction and approval of 60
years of national existence. The plan
is to divide the constitutional popula
tion by 357, the proposed membership.
The quotient 208,868, is the ratio of
representatives to population: This
applied the rate of population each
State will yield in the aggregate a
number somewhat less than 357, the
number determined upon as the mem
bership of the House. The differenco
is made up by assigning to the States
having the largest major fractions ad
ditional representatives, until a suffi
cient number having been assigned to
bring the total up to 357. A member
ship of more than 357, the report says,
would make the House unwieldly.
Seventeenth Day.—The House was
in session only 25 minutes, when it ad
journed out of respect to the memory
of Representative Wise, of Virinia. Mr.
Jones, of Virginia, who announ ;ed the
death to the house, offered the custo
mary resolutions, which were adopted,
and the Speaker appointed the follow
ing committee of 17 to attend the fun
eral: Messrs. Weeks, of Michigan:
Aldrich, of Alabama; KaJin, of Cali
fornia; Roberts, cf Massachusetts;
Minor, of Wisconsin; Brock of Indi
ana; Jones, of Virginia; Swanson, of
Virginia; Otey, of Virginia; Rixey, of
Virginia; Lamb, of Virginia; Quarles
of Virginia; Rhea, of Virginia; Lassi
ter. of Virginia; Lloyd, of Missouri,
and Gaines, of Tennessee.
Then, at 12:25 p. m., as a further
mark of respect to the memory of the
deceased, the house adjourned until
January 3, 1901.
Auditor Killed.
Washington, D. C., Special.—Frank
H. Morris of Ohio, auditor of the war
department, was shot and instantly
killed about 2:10 o’clock Saturday af
ternoon by Samuel MacDonald, also
of Ohio, recently a disbursing clerk of
the treasury, 'ihe affair occurred in
the former's office at the Winder
building, cn Seventeenth street, Mac-
Donald afterwards -hot himself, enl
also slashed his throat with a pen
knife.
A Plausible Supposition.
Bunting—Lsrkin is a man of weigh
ty opinions.
Gilroy—That must bo the reason
that he expresses them.
“What do you mean?''
“I suppose they are too heavy to go
by mail."—Detroit Free Press.
TRENTON, GA.. DECEMBER.
TREATY IS RATIFIED.
The Hay.Pauncefote Treaty en the
Canal
PASSES SENA' *Y
Six Roll-Calls a al Viva Voce
Votes, and at • of Amend*
ments Voted Dov
Washington, " ecial. —The
Senate coms-umi * and ten
minutes in amei, vtlfytng as
amendment, the ' fate trea
ty for the mo * Clayton-
Bulwer cenvo; iere wfere
six rollcalls at va vice
rotes. All the 1 exedot
those offered b. tken aw
reported by the tomigji
relations, wore \ ’ *
ties averaging a atlfiu
tiion resolution by a
vote of 55 to 18. TL . as in ex
ecutive session for a. i hour be
fore the time for voting ived, lis
tening to speeches by St r Thurs
ton, Gallinger, Wolcott a ’*ard, ex
planatory of their attitnd Tip two
foreign relations commit ic.nd
ments were read first and , ,• accept
ed without division.
Tine first roll-call was upel Senator
Elkins’ aCMr.dTnent, declaring that
“nothing contained in thig treaty shall
be construed to prevent the United
States from acquiring at any time suf
ficient territory and sovereignty over
the same, upon which to build, man
age, operate, defend, fortify, protect
and control said canal, or for any oth
er purpose as the United States may
deem best in its own interests. ”It
wag lost by a vote of 25 to 45.
Senator Foraker withdrew hia
amendment, because they- were the
same as those reported by the commit
tee on foreign relations; Senator Pen
rise his, because it was practically
Senator Beveridge his which was
identical with Senator Elkins,’ and
covered by the second of tne commit
tee amendments. The other amend
ments wene voted down by decisive
majorities. The vote on Senator Till
man’s amendment, authorizing the de
fence of the canal and the maintanance
of public order by the United States
■was 27 yeas to 43 nays. The treaty was
then read. The vote upon the treaty
itself, as amended, resulted as fol
lows:
Yeas —Aldrich, Allison, Bason, Be re
ridge, Burrows, Carter, Clay, Cullom,
Bebo*e. Dillingham, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Foreaker, Foster, Frye, Gallinger-,
Hale, Henna, • Hansbrough, Harris,
Hawley, Hoar, Jones, of Nevada;
Kean, Kenney, Lindsay, Lodge, Mc-
Bride, McComas. MeCumber, McEnery,
McLaurin, McMillian, Mallory, Mor
gan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus,
Platt, of New York; Pritchard, Proc
tor, Quarles, Scott, Shoup, Spooner,
Stewart, Sullivan, Taiaferro, Tnurs
ton. Turner, Warren, Wetmore, Wol
cott—ss.
Nays—Allen, Hard, Bate, Berry,
Butler. Cockrell. Culberson, Daniel,
Heitteld, Martin, Mason, Mooney, Petti
grew, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Vest
Wellington—lS.
The pairs oa the treaty vote were as
follows, two Sena,tors for the treaty
being paired with one against iit. in
accordance with custom: Depew and
Sewell for, with Rawlins against;
Clark and Stiraon for, with Chilton
against; Deliver and Baber for, with
Town* against; Caffcry and Platt, of
Connecticut, for, with Jones, of Arkan
sas, against, Kyle was absent and un
paired.
The text of the treaty as amended
states i,te objects as: “To facilitate the
construction, of a ship canal to connect
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and to
that end to remove any ohtec.tions
which may arise out of the co- axtion
of April ID, ISSO, commonly a.
Clayton-Bulwcr treaty to the const,
tsifon of such canal under the auspice,
of the government of the United Stated
without impairing the general princi
ple of neutralization in article 8 of
of that convention.” Its provisions fol
lows:
Article I. —It is agreed that the canal
may be constructed under the auspices
of the government of the United
States, either directly at its own cost,
or by gift or loan of money by indi
viduals or corporations or through
subscription to or purchase of Stock or
shares, and that, subject to the pro
visions of the present convention, the
said government shall have all the
rights incident to such construction,
as well as the exclusive right of pro
viding for the regulation and manage
ment of the canal.
Article ll—The contracting parties
desiring to preserve and maintain the
gcn*ral principle of neutralization
establish etl in article VIII of the Clay
ion-Bulwer-convention .which conven
tion is hereby superseded, as the best?
Of such neutralization, the following
rules, substantially as embodied in tho
convention between Great Britain and
certain other powers, signed at Con
stantinople in 1888, for the free navi
gation of the Suez Maritime Canal, are
adopted, that is to say:
1. Tbe canal shall be free and open,
in time of war as in time of peace, to
the vessels of commerce and c*f war
of all nations, on terms of entire equal
ity. so that there shall be no dieerim
ta.union against any nation or its citi
tons or subjects in respects of eoodl-
Rions or enarges of traffic or other
irise.
Z'EMOCRATIC.
2. The canal shall „c'"
sd, nor shall any rig l
eroised nor any act a*
tnlbted within it.
3. Vessels of war of
shall not revictual nor ta.
in tbe canal except so fa
strictly necessity; and 1
each vessels through the
*ffected with the least
£n accordance with th.
force, and with only su
as may result fir, " v
the service. Prizes ,
spocts subject to the same
•els of war of the belli*
4. No beligerant shall
disembark troop®, munitWnb
warlike materials in tho ci> r
in case of accidental him’ _ of tn*>
transet, and in -> the transit
shall be resumed . _ all possible dis
patch.
5. The provisions of this article shall
appl yto waters adjacent to the canal,
% within tnree marine miles of either
end. Vessels of war of a belligerant
shall not remain In such waters longer
Jdian 24 •hours at any time except i r
se of distress and in such case oh
i,art as soon a® possible, but a •
dof war of one belligerent sh- iot
4, vrt within 24 hours P I- de
pa re of a vessel o t vraidof the other
bel ment. It is agreed, however, that
none of the immediately foregoing con
dition and stipulations in sections
numb* 11,2, 3, 4 and 5, of this ar
ticle. s. ’ apply to measures which
the Unii States may find it neces
sary to i v for securing by its own
force® the offence of the United States
and the maintenance of public order.
6. The plant, establishments build
ings and all works necessary to the
construction, maintenance and opera
tion of the caual, shall be deemed to
be part thereof, for the purposes of
convention, and in ah© time of war as
in time of peace, shall enjoy complete
immunity from attack o r injury by
beligf.rents and from acts calculated to
impair their usefulness as part of the
canal.
7. No fortifications shall be erected
commanding the canal or the waiters
adjacent. Th© United States, however,
shall be at liberty to maintain such
military police along the canal as may
be necessary to protect it against law
lessness and disorder.
Article 111. —The convention ehall be
retifled by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate thereof, and by
Her Britannic Majesty; and the rati
fication shall be exchanged at Wash
ington or at Ixrndon within six months
from the date hereof, or earlier if pos
sible “JOHN PI AY,
‘•PAUNCEFaTE.’’
.-iy-
Alive With a Bullet In His Heart.
Chicago. Special.—The Chronicle of
Wednesday, says: “Proof that a man
may live with a bullet in his heart was
recorded by the use of X-ray on
Charles B. Nelson, of Cadillac. Mich.,
formerly a Chicagoan, who was in 1896.
the central figure in a sensational
shooting that nearly resulted in his
death. Under the fiurlseope the ball in
Nelson's heart could .be plainly seen
rising and falling with each pulsation
of the vital organ. The bullet had been
there since the night of July 1, 1896.”
To Have a Steel Car Factory.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.—A con
tract was signed here by President J.'
M. Elliott, of the Southern Car •>* '
Foundry Company, with the r_
Coal and Iron Company by
former company is to erect
steel car works here with „
capacity of 6,000 complete/cai
portion of the cars arc/to
structed from the steel and
ducts of the Birmingham di;
ear plant is later to be e
make passenger cars as wel
Open to Foreign Tr
London, By Cable—The *
_ publishes the following
■Shanghai correspond^
* of an *
int v\'u Chang, op
for n trade. Wu Cl g
of J. imported trade"and
thfMerminus of the Canto.
Wholesale Proclamation W
London, By Cable. —From i
Town corespondent. The Dai
has received the following. “
ond invading force w designed
‘cupy Bristown. Being checked b
DeAar troop©, it has disappeared
the Ceaderberg mountains. An en
moua coueentrutlOQ of troop© ie
made upon the vsldt country oetiu
by the Invaders, but it is not-•Ilk*
that the Boers will offer bat:le4n lan
numbers. There is a renewed demai
for the wholesale proclamation of mar
tial law.”
Brief rieation. /
Germany has 33 citi wiUy'popula
tions exceeding l@ft,Cso.
Dan Keegan, said to ne a resident o£
Cincinnati, 0., while attempting to
board a freight train at Alton, N. Y.,
was struck by a west-hound Delaware
&Hudson train and killed.
A hand-ome young man stole kisses
from three women in Harlem, N. ¥.,
on Tuesday evening.
Thpmas Parker, a British gold-hunt
er, was found frozen to death near -the
mouth of the White River, in the Klon
kike.
Most of the Berlin papers will raise
their pricea in January, owing to the
high price of paper.
-—* ~e 1
having remover the
was f ,ned Eat—u ay by :
eign ministers, including
fr*y • tbe Netherlands, v
oy.y recently. The note
y cered to Li Hung Chany
the Chinese pier
os soon as the former ah
ciently recovered from
tion.
The Chimes© close to I a
still prefer to believe, deep
ing of the note, which they
Have would take place, that
cipal negotiation® must be <%.
in Europe or America. They
the British modification of the
tor, as they say, some power or p
era might not. be satisfied until the im
demnity has been paid in full, which
would mean the occupation of Pekin
for an indefinite time, as it cannot be
expected it hat China can raiße what
would be required—possibly one bil
lion taels —at once. A® a matter of
fact it will take several years.
TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
st%te department has made public the
text of th© joint, note of the powens to
China. The official statement fftter
reciting China’s ,offenses proceeds aa
follows:
Inasmuch a® China ho® recognized
her responsibility, expressed regret,
and evinced a-sdesire to see an end put
to the situation created by the afore
said disturbances, tne powers have de
termined to aaced© to her request
upon the irrevocable conditions nu
umeratod below, which they deem in
dispensable to expiate the crime® com
mitted &M to prevent their recur
rence. JR fe*
1. (a) The dispatch to Berlin of au
extraordinary mission, headed by an
imperial prince, in order to express the
regfete of his majesty the emperor of
China and of the Chinese government
for the assassination of hia excellency
th© late? Baron vyn K&tteler, minister
of German ” i.
(b) The n on tbefepot of the
assaeeinat •' a commemorativ©
monumci bting .the rank <*f the
deceased, inscription 'n the
Latin, Glj nose lair ages
expreaßi peroi
.of China
n. (a) V for
the persona "iai
decree of Se k ose
whom the rep w *
ftr® shall euboiA ueei
(b) The soattgu m for
all official executions in
where fofeigners have be*
or have been subjected to
ment.
TII. reparatiu
caii
in ah s
decree: J
(a) Bjbi'bo
tion, under ualty
bershipj in any anta
(b) linumerating
that have been
guilty, TOgf ther with y .
of all official execution, in th*
where foreigners lu|ve been
of.have been subjected to err
treat; and
(c) Furthermore, an imr
cree to be issued and
throughout the empire, order*.,
the governors goneral iViCroy>
.
New.
Clever
Burton,
than $4,00
$3,000,000.
ern Pass, t
sippi, wa a l
PORTRAIT
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One ExponljW
Chicago clhliximl
Ci.meo cutter in
There *may be other
but portrait c ameo out
yond ordinary cameo e.
trait painting beyond pho>
Is an art in itself.
Tlie only portrait cameo cutter i
Hylen. a native of Sweden, who
learned the art of engraving on i
whic h is Ihe basic- art of c-amef
ting. He learned cameo cutting
. Vienna, hike other tiiw arts. ■
cutting requires infinite path*
'artistic sense, and it wa., ~oi
until Mr. Hylen had worked for some
think like 40 years that he considered
himself a competent portrait cameo
cut ter.
Cameo cutting is one of the, oldest
fitie arts. It probC,ly originated in
India, but was c arried thence to Egypt,
where it flourished before tlie’tlpie of
Moses. It was carried fromr pt to-
Peril. In those early -
eli<-v that the: art of y us'
ste tas a part of if
•M- -rather "
air