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THE STATE OF DADE NEWS. VOJ.. x. ASKS FOR $25,000,000 ■■ • ■ '—.■■■ .I - Presents a Heavy Damage Account. indemnity demanded of china. An Itemized Statement of Military Expenses and Damage to .Mission ary Property. Washington, D. C., Special.—The gt&te Department has heard funther from Mr. Rockhill, our special com missioner at Pekin, touching the effort making there to reach an agreement, respecting the indemnity to he de manded from the Chinese government. Mr. Rookhill’s piincipal effort, acting under direct instructions from Secre tary Hay, is to induce the ministers of other powers to keep down the total of their claims to the amount which the financial experts, headed by Sir Robert Hart, have decided to be with in ithe ability of China to pay. The United States government has felt that on no account should the total in finity claim exceed 40,000,000 pounds sterling, and has steadfastly sought to make that figure the outside limit 41 the claim. For itse.f the State De partment claims $25,000,000 indemnity and it has supplied Mr. Rockhill with data for the presentation of an itemized account snowing the expen ditures made by the government of the United States in the transportation of our military contingent in China, its maintenance there and the just claims of the missionaries who were American citizens and suffered in pro perty and person Pom the Boxer out break. In its anxiety to -avoid oppres sing China, and to secure a speedy settlement of the Chinese question, the United States government stands willing to make a heavy cut in its claim, provided the other nations rep resented at Pekin will abate their claims in -proportion. Th? Boer Wa r . London, By Cable.—Lord Kitchener has informed the war office that 18 volunteer companies, freed by re liefs, are coming home, and that ar rangements are in progress for the speedy relief of further companies. He thus appears to be endeavoring to meet the demand that fresh troops be eent to the front to replace the stale men. The Pretoria correspondent of The Morning Post, who warns his countrymen against ho-pin.g for an early termination of hostilities or be lieving the sio ies that th 6 Boers are tired of war, says: “It becomes daily more evident that the Boers intend to fight to a finish. Many are surrender ing, but they are men of no standing. The real fighting men are still on commando, and, although the recent successful British operations tend to bring the cud nearer it is evident that the Boers must ba completely crushed before a general surrender i3 prob able.” Dry Go ,ds Trust. New York, Special.—The Journal cf Commerce says: “It may be stated on authority that the plan to consolidate large retail dry goods companies, on which Mr. John Ohaflin has been at work for some time, has now been definitely completed, and a syndicate has been organized to finance it. This would seem to intricate that the se curities of the new company will be offered for public subscription. J. P. Morgan & Cos., are the head of the syndicate and will, it is understood, underwrite the issue. The capital of the new concern will be $20,000,000, including the common and preferred shares and bonds. The names of the companies which will be taken in o the new company have not been offici ally sated, but friends cf Mr. Chaflin feel confident that his two New York s ores, the Adams Dry Goods Com pany and McCreery's Twenty-third street store, will be included, while there is come talk that Lord & Tay lor's two New York stores and also the Joseph H. Baul & Company, of Brooklyn, may be invited into the now concern.’ Logan Status Unveiled. Washington, D. C., Special.—The heroic bronze equestrian statue of Ma jor General John A. Logan, which fests on an imposing bronze pedestal in lowa Circle was unveiled Tuesday in the presence of the Piesident, the cabinet, the widow and relatives of U'o gallant soldier, many of his com in arms '2nd a vast multitude of People. The sculptor, Franklin Slm who wa9 knighted by King Humbert of Laly, as a tribute to the ir tistic character of the work, was al *° Present. M % ' Ag dnaldo Signs. Manila. By Cable. —Although the officials are uncommunicative, it i.- Bev ertheness said that Auginaldo !, Sned the peare manifesto Tuesday Corning. Chief Justice Arellano draf the document. Auginaldo strong • ejected to tv o clauses cf the mani and considerable argument was “uired to overcome his objections throughout the country The South. Thirty telephone linemen have struck at Birmingham, Ala., because the man agement put negroes to work with them. Four hundred coal miners who have been on strike at Illossburg, Ala., on account of a difference regarding the charges for yardage work, have re turned to work. The Abbeville. C. C„ cotton mill has inc’e'sed its stock from $500,000 to $700,000. The Vanderbilt University, of Nash ville, baseball team defeated the Georgia School of Technology by 6 to 5. The directors of the State dispen sary of South Carolina have decided to test the right of the United States Government to exact license or reve nue of ithe dispensary system. The House of Reipresentatveg of Tennessee has passed a bill prohibit ing prize-fighting or sparring with or without gloves; violations are punish able by from three to twelve months’ imprisonment. The steamship Styria, from New Orleans, which went on French reef two weeks ago, has been floated and is on her way to Key West in tow of the tug Dewey. Nearly all of the Btyria’s valuable cargo was saved. Governor Samford of Alabama, W. L. Martin, Samuel Blackwell ana R. C. Jones to confer with a like com mittee from the State of Florida re lative to the r : nexation of the west ern portion of the latter State to Ala bama. The North. Trading and transportation compan ies in Alaska are to be consolidated. Floods are expetced in Mas aohusetts towns along the Merrimac river. The Arbuckle-Woolson coffee fight Is to go to the Supreme Court of Ohio. A boiler explosion at Buffalo. N. Y., killled an Italian and injured four. John D. Rockefeller denies that he has purchased $1,000,000 worth cf land in Wisconsin. Horse and mule shlpppers in Kansas City, Mo., have no knowledge of the suspension, of British orders. The University of Pennsylvania de feated the Virginia Military Institute In a loosely-played game. Score: Pen nsylvania, 11; Cadets, 6. The Navy Department awarded the contract for the building of the twen ty-three-knoL protecied cruiser Mil waukee to the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco. The contract price is $2,823,000. Andrew McCreery has announced the sale of the James McOreery and Cos. establishment to M. Snellenberg and Cos., of Philade phia. The stock is to be transferred at the appraised valuation. A rough estimate places its value at $2,000,000. Albert Priestman, of Philadelphia, who. arrived here is a cabin passenger on the White Star -steamship Ger manic, was taken to Ellis Island by the immigration society. Although Mr. Priestman is a merchant in the ovkfT City and has lived there with his family twelve years, he will be re quired to explain to the board of spe cial inquiry why he is not likely to be come a public charge. This is be cause Mr. Priestman has lost his left arm. niscellan^ous. A life prisoner, James F. Hodgen.was liberated from prison, at Thomaston, Me., by Governor Powers. The warehouse of the Southside plantation, containing a large quantity of sugar, was destroyed by fire. The less is $200,000, covered by insurance. An innovation .looking to the com fort of letter carriers throughout the country during the heat of summer probably will be introduced this year by official permission to them to di vest their coats on their rounds w hen felt to be necessary. Quartermaster General Ludington has resumed his duties at the War De partment after two weeks in Cuba. A man under arrest at Marshall, "N. C., for bank robbery, is supposed' to be Frank Woodard, who is wanted in Titusville, Pa., for the murder of Chief of Police Daniel McGrath, w-ho was killed in the Fall of 1899, while endeavoring to corral a gang of safe blowers at the New York Central de pot in that city. A dead letter office has been ordered for Honolulu. The London council has decided to buy22s acres of land on which to build ‘he workmen's houses to accommodate ’2 OX) persons. The cost will be 500,000 ($7,500,000.) In a rather slow contest at the Phoenix Athletic Club, in Memphis, Tenn., Harry Forbes of Chicago, gain ed a decision over Casper Leon, of New York, in the 15th round. The war in South Africa has drained from Australia more than ten thousand workers; has lessened the inflow of British capital for the development of new mines, and, combined with the re markable industrial boom in Europe, has fully stopped emigration to Aus tralia. TRENTON, GA.. APRIL 12, l'.iill. OPPOSE DESTRUCTION —•—— Hie War Department Sends General Chaffee Instructions. WILL AGREE TO DISMANTLEMENT. But V\ ii! Take No Part in Destruction or in Maintaining Armed Posts on Pekin Road. Washington, D. C., Special.—Gen. Chaffee has cabled the war deport ment from Pekin that the military commanders representing the foreign powers there are now considering the question of disposing of the Chinese forts and of establishing fortified posts at proper intervals along the route from Pekin to the sea. Gen. Chaffee asked for instructions for bis guidance in the conference. After the subject had been well con sidered at the White House, as well as at the state and war departments, the instructions were cabled to Gen. Chaffee. The text of these is with held but it is stated that they are drawn cr he lines of the instructions sent to Mr. Conger at the time he ac cepted the joint agreement under which the negotiations between the ministers at Pekin were to be re servations which Mr. Conger was to make in that case are precisely the subjects which are now before the military comraanders at Pekin, name ly, the destruction of the Chinese fortifications and the provision of armed international posts along the route from Pekin to the sea, Gen. Chaffee will favor the disarmament of the forts, instead of the destruction, but cannot participate in the estab lishment of armed posts. He will, however, remain in the conference exerting his best efforts to ameliorate the conditions along the lines indi cated. Meanwhile the wtar department is pushing its preparations for the com plete evacuation of China by American forces, save only the legation guard, and it is now stated that everything will >be in readiness to embark Gen. Chaffee’s army at Taku for Manila on May 30. Not a word has been received from Mr. Rockhill at Pekin for the last three days. Consequently there is no official confirmation of the Pekin re port that the Chinese governmAt has finally refused Russia’s proposition as to Manchuria. Bursting of That 13-lnch Shell. Washington, D. C., Special.—The rp.vy department has received an of ficial report on the bursting of a shell from one of the Kentucky’s guns. The report says the explosion occurred at ’the instant the shell left the gun, so that the full force of the concussion was not conveyed to the gun. It was sufficient, however, to do some damage to the forward part of ’the weapon and for two inches around the Inner muzzel the rifling is entirely flattened out. This, however, does not c I**ple the gun in any way and there will be no necessity for repairing it. It was one of the big 13-inch guns of the Kentucky and the shell w r hich ex ploded weighed something over 1,100 pounds. The shell was one of those furnished by private concerns. Listing Steel Corporation Stock. New York, Special.—The stock list committee of the stock exchange has recommended and the governing committee voted to list the new shares of the United States Steel co - At present ’.the- applicaticr for formal listing asks the privilege for only SIO,OOO of stock, $5,000,000 of the common and $5,000,000 of the pre ferred. Death of a Benefactor of His .Race. Philadelphia, Special.—Wm. R. War ner, a widely known manufacturing chemist, died in this city Friday. Mr. Warner was the first man to manu facture sugar coated pills and to in troduce licorice tablets. He was dis tant relative of George Washington, and his art collection included over 100 portraits of Washington. Strike in Cotton Mills. Charlotte, N. C., Special.—A special to The Observer says that ,a general strike of all the operatives in the textile mills of the south will be or dered unless the demands of President Gompers for a ten hour day is acceded to by the Riverside mills, at Danville. Va. The general strike will too or dered on May 1. Newsy Notes. France has ordered the conrtrncti* of 20 additional submarine boats. J. G. A. Leisbman, our Minister Turkey, was received by the Sudan with great ceremony. Prosecution of 60,000 defaulters un der the Vaccination act has begun ct Leicester, England. There have been 315 cases of bu bonic plague at Cape Town and 101 deaths, Including 22 Europeans. The condition of M. IV ai-Seck-Frc-i --eau. French Premier, <: alarmlrg Another abscess has formed in hb throat. About 5.000 striking dock labore- f presented themselves for work a: Marseillog and 4,000 were emplojad. I'EMOCRA TIC. STGRY GF CANNIBALISM. Sailors Drifting on Raft 42 Drys, Ato Each Other. London, By Cable.—The Singapore correspondent of The Daily Express wires a ghastly story of caianibalism at sea brought to Singapore by two survivors of the Nova Scotian bark Angola, which wrecked six clays sail from Mani'.a, Cct. 23 last. The corres pondent says: “The survivors, John n:en, a Bwede, and Marticomu, a Spaniard, assert that the Angola struck a reef. Two rafts were built The smalier, bearing five men, disap peared. The other 12 men drifted for 40 days. The sailors ate barnacles, seaweed am" finally their boots. “Cn the 25th day two became insane and killed themselves. Cn the 2fith a Frenchman killed the mate with an axe, drank hi3 blood and tried to eat his brains, but was prevented by the others. Next day the Frenchman was killed while attempting to murder the captain. The survivors, ail of whom wore new insane, ate the French man's body. “Cannibalism continued until only Johnnsea and Marticomu remained. On ’the 42d day the raft stranded at Suti or Flat island, in the Nutu.na group, northwest Of Borneo. Johnnsen and Marticomu were aw fully emaciated. Friendly Malays sent them by junk to Singapore.” Blow ng Up the Merrimac. Santiago de Cuba, By Cable. —Fif- teen hundred pounds of dynamite were used by the authorities of the port Saturday afternoon in blowing up the forward superstructure of the sunken United States collier Merrimac which has long impeded the entrance to the harbor. The explosion was plainly heard in the city, five miles away. Divers immediately descended and found 40 feet of dear water over the forward portion of the wreck. Port Ceplain Irvin began Monday to place mines aft which he expects to explodb in a week, thus completely clearing the harbor entrance. The incident was highly spectacular. Residents on Smith key, adjacent to the wreck, left the island, fearing that their houses would be demolished. The overlook ing Mills were lined with people and large numbers of pleasure vessels en circled the wreck at a safe distance. When the electric button was touched a pyramid of water rose 40 feet and the surface was immediately covered with wreckage and tons of dead fish. The launches ar.d yachts returned to the city laden with souvenirs of tha wreck. Grain Elevator Burned. St. Louis, Special.—Sparks from a switch engine set fire to the big ele vator cm the river front at the foot of Biddle street, own©., by the St. Louis Elevator and Storage company, and within two hours the building was reduced to ashes, entailing a loss of nearly $650,000. H. C. Haarstiek, president of the company, said the building and the contents, which con sisted of about 800,000 bushels of wheat and corn, were fully Insured. It was his opinion that the loss of the grain would not affect the local mar ket. The burned elevator was the second largest in St. Louis, and wa3 used for s.orage purposes by others than members of the St. Louis Eleva tor and Storage company, but the lat ter just at this time happened lo own mos; of the grain. The bui.ding con tained corn and wheat of grades be low No. 2. Only a small amount of high class cereals was stored there. The building was insurer! for $90,000. and the storage company’s grain for $550,000. Other insurance on private storage will aggregaie $50,000. Nearly every insurance company represented in Sit. Louis carried policies on the grain. There will be little, if any, grain salvage, the fire and water hav ing made a clean sweep. M*y Purchns-* Bond '. Washington, D. C., Special.—ln ac cordance with Secretary Gages an nouncement that he would buy from time to time theshort bonds at an :n --vestment rate realizeable to the inves tor who buys the new 2 per cen s, should the market price for the new 23 remain on the present basis, the Treas ury Department was to nay tendered $2,f00,0C0 government short bonds on practically the same basis as the is re turned at the current market quotation ibout 106 1-4. Exact figures cannot be given, for the details have not beet completed, but It is practically certain that the Secretary has availed himsc'f of the opportunity to purchase bonds in accordance with his announcements. Radical Members Broke Quorum. Havana, By Cable.—The radical members of the Cuban constitutional convention did not attend the special 6 ssion called to discuES the ques.iou of sending a commiEGion to Washing ton. Their absence made a quorum Impossible ar.d another caM was issued for a meeting to consider the same matter Monday afternoon. THROUGH A BRIDGE. Frirhtful Drop of a Car Loaded Wi!& Passengers. FORTY PERSONS WERE INJURED. Remarkable Accident in Cilycf Syra cuse-Unsound Trestle Continued In Use. Syracuse. N. Y., —Special.—While a car on the old East side surburban lino cf the Syracuse Rapid Transit company was crossing the James street bridge over the Oswego canal in the heart of the city about 5:30 Saturday afternoon, the bridge sud denly gave way, dropping the car and its CO passengers to the canal bed 30 feet below. Several persons were crossing the bridge at the time and went down with the car, while a horse and loaded lumber wagon piled on top of the heap. About 40 persons were injured. It is not believed that any deaths will result, although there are reports cf several of the worst injur ed being dangerously hurt. Had the canal been filled with wat er, the result of the accident would have been terrible. The ear struck the tow path end first and then slid off into the mud at the canal bottom, where it stuck. The water would have been deep enough to cover all but a few window’s and the front door, and many of the passengers would undobtedly have perished. When the crash came persons on the street called the fire department. Ladders were quickly lowered and the injured carried up and sent to their homes or to hospitals in carriag es and ambulances. For more than a year there have been criticisms of the condition ol the bridge. The bridge was about 80 feet long and CO feet wude. It was broken sharp off at both embank ments, the entire structure going in to the canal. To Open C mmunloitLn. Pekin, —By Cable. —The meeting ol the generals of the allied troops and Count von Waldersee last week was of great interest and importance. Though it was known before hand what had practically been decided upon, still the meeting showed con clusively the attitude of the different pow’ers. The only dissentients from the plan adopted were Gen. Chaffee, the American commanded and Gen. Wogack, commander of the Russian forces, who both thought that the num i ber of troops was too great. The other generals were unanimous in the opinion that nine points on the railroad should be occupied between Pekin and Shan Hai Hi. with 6,000 men exclusive of the 2,000 in Pekin This will be a permanent measure, while the reduction of the present forces will be made according to the wishes of tho respective governments. The raiiw’ay between Pao Ting Fu and Pekin will not be guarded, it not being a line of communication with the sea. Gen. Chaffee suggested that it was only necessary to occupy twe point between Yang Tsun and Tien Tsin and three between Tien Tsin and Shan Hai Kwan, with a total of 2,000 men, exclusive of those at Pekin. It was not necessary, he said, to have soldiers at Tong Ku, as naval vessels were always there and also because the reliefs were always pas sing backward and forward. Gen. Wogack thought 1,000 men would be sufficient for occupying Tien Tsin and Shan Hal Kwan. The views of the majority will be presented to the ministers for immediate action as the generals feel that the acceptance by the Chinese of these terms including the total destruction of the forts at Shan Hai Kwan, Pei Tang. Taku, Tong Ku, P©' Tsan and Hang Tsun, will mean ilete submission when arrangemf ught to be made for the withd fa majority of the forces from Murder.d ,illpino Boy. Washington, D. C., —Special.—Pri- vate Edward M. Brodie and James F. Ccffcy, Troop C, Third cavalry, were recently convicted by court martial at Manila of murder and sentened to imprisonment and hard labor for life, it appeared from the record, a copy which has been received at the .rar department, that the accused cour iered by shooting a harmless native oy 10 years of age whom they met ,a the highway. Maj. Gen. Wheaton, ommanding the department of north un Luzon, approved the senience, vhich will be executed at Bilibid ui3vin, Manila. Philippine islands. Activity in Japan’s Army and Navy. Yokohama. —By Cable. —The Japa nese government is maintaining great secrecy regarding its policy, but it is said on good authority that the cab inet meeting held Friday resolved to communicate with Russia in firm terms respecting Manchuria. There is extraordinary activity in naval and military circles. RAMS’ HORN BLASTS fJiE life of pain ofl makes the heart at peace. God's showers can bring no bless ing to seedless soil. Opportunities make obligations. Aesthetics must be built on ethic3. The social card ft' table is the col- P '" TW * lege of gambling. I 4 * The yoke of Chn.at is made for two, Himself and you. No day can be lived twice. Wakefulness is not watchfulness. A troubled conscience makes a hard p'.llow. The loose tongue usually betokens a rattle-brain. Your sins may overlap but they can not cover one aockher. 'Some churches are fleecers of money instead of fishers of men. Every 1 church ought to bavo a corraJ for the kicker to air his heals. The world needs an inside religion evidenced in outside realities. v The branches grow out of the vine as long as they stay in the vine- The wise man is like a tree, bend ing often but never changing base. A few who oan live truth are better than many who talk of dying for it<-: When you seek to balance rich* with right the one will rise as tb other falls. The church that is at peaoe with wickedness can never know -the peace of God. -c Every knave is an unconscious fool You can tell a man’s price when you know wibat he will do for a principle. Love has a logic of its owin. A wind-break often hides the sun. KU’ed Sweetheart and Himself. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.—T. L, Arrington, a well-known young man of Summerville, Ga., Tuesday after noon shot and killed Miss Mamie Cleghorn, a promient young lady of that town, and then killed himself. Arrington had been engaged to the young lady but because of parental objections the engagement had been broken. Arrington notified the parents of the girl that unless objections were withdrawn he would do something rash. A Hotel and Theater Fire, Ottawa, Ont, Special.—A serious fire started in the Russell House block, at 1:45 Tuesday morning. It is believed that all the guests succeeded in getting out of the hotel. The flames are mak. Ing rapid headway and it now looks as if the whole square, which includes besides the hotel, the Russell House Theatre and several stores, would b destroyed. New Civil Government. Washington, D. C., E.ecial.—Tha fable from Manila regarding the es tablishment of civil government is in accord with information already made public here that the new Philippine government will be established about July 1. The Philippine commission during its trip through th 4 islands, de voted primarily to the establishment of civil government, has been hard at work preparing a plan of government for the islands as a whole. No More Strikes on Newspapers. Indianapolis, Special.—Members of the international Typographical Union by a mail vote, have decided in favc-r of the arbitration plan to settle all dif ferences that may arise in the future between the Union and Newspaper Publishers’ Association. As the asso ciation has also adopted the arbitra tion plan, the action of the union put* an end in the future to all lockouts, strikes or boycotts on newspapers that belong to the association. The Swiss Were Engaged. Geneva, Switzerland, —By Cable.- A serious demonstration against the Russian and Italian consulates and the residence of the Radar, consul occurred Saturday evening in connec tion with the extradition of Jaffei, an alleged accomplice of Caetano Gres ci, the assassin of King Humbert. The mob tore down and shattered the coat of arms at the Russian con sulate but were prevented by the police from doing materil damage elsewhere. Hard Eightlng Berlin.—By Cable—A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette, from St. Peters savs that fighting is reported to have occurred between the First. Sec ond and Third East Siberian Rifles regiments and several thousand of Chinese troops, between Kobantsy ana Sin Min Ting. The Russians lost a captain and several men killed, and 3 lieutenant colonel, several other of ficers and man/ men wounded. The Chiuese lost heavily and retreated vith the Russians pursueing them. The date of the engagement is not mentioned in the dispatch received NO. 23.