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The Georgia Record. VOL 1. BOER'S REPLY TO ENGLAND Situation Over Transvaal Growing Serious. AN ULTIMATUM EXPECTED British Officials Are Kept Busy and Many Messages Pass Between Lord Salisbury and the Queen. Advices from London state that the colonial office officials were busy until after 3 o’clock Thursday morning. Dispatches have been passing by spe cial messengers between the queen and Lord Salisbury for the last few days. The Times advises the government to convoke parliament immediately, if necessary, to vote the needed sup plies, adding that a “further loss of time may be dangerous and humilia ting.” The day’s news shed no new light on the Transvaal crisis. The signs which the English are accustomed to see just previous to a war continue, and from these any number of sensa tional deductions may be drawn. General opinion trends to the belief that the cabinet council will result in an ultimatum, followed by an imme diate backdown by the Boers, or the immediate commencement of hostili ties by Great Britain. Mr. Chamberlain remained at the foreign office until shortly before mid night. He declined to make a state ment regarding the Transvaal situa tion, but expressed a desire to see a copy of the following transcript of the Transvaal government’s reply, issued by the Transvaal agent in Brussels Wednesday night, which was forward ed to him by the Associated Press: Kruger’* Reply to Chamberlain. In reply to the last dispatch of the British government, the Transvaal government on Saturday handed to the British agent in Pretoria a re sponse, of which the following is a purport: “The government of the South Afri can republic regrets that Great Britain is of the opinion that it is unable to accept the proposals made by the Transvaal in the dispatches of August 19 and 21, by which the term for ob taining the franchise was fixed at five years and the representation of the Witwaterstrand district was increased. “The government regrets this the more inasmuch as it considered itself able to deduce from the negotiations previous to its formal proposals that the latter would be accepted by the British government. In these condi tions the Transvaal considers its propasals are annulled, and finds it necessary to submit them to the volks- Tnad and the people. It remains of the opinion that its proposals are very liberal and more extensive than those presented by the British high commis sioner of Bloemfontein. It is also of the opinion that the conditions at tached to these proposals are reason able. “The Transvaal net er desired Great Britain to abandon nny rights pos sessed by virtue of the London con vention of 1884 or by virtue of inter national law. The Transvaal still hopes that these declarations will lead to a good understanding and a solution of the existing difficulties." “The Transvaal government has already made known to the British agent its objections to accepting the proposals contained in the British high commissioner’s telegram of Au gust 2, suggesting the appointment of delegates to draw up a report on the last electoral law voted by the volks raad. “If the one side’s examination re ferred to in the last dispatch should show that the existing electoral law can be made more efficient, the Trans vaal government is ready to make a proposal to the volksraad with this object. It is also disposed to furnish all the information possible, but it is of the opinion that the result of such an inquiry, so far as regards a useful appreciation ol the law, will be of lit tle value.” ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1899. G. A. R. BOLTERS. Question of Admitting Spanish War Veterans Creates a Row In the Encampment. A Philadelphia dispatch says: There were lively times at Wednesday’s ses sion of the fourteenth annual conven tion of the Association of National Veterans. A resolution providing for the admission of participants in the Spanish war started a rumpus and the result is that there is now a split in the organization. The leader of the forces in favor of the the proposition was Past Bear Admiral B. S. Osborn of the Farragut Association, New York city. burgeon A. Trego Shertzer, of Bal timore, stoutly maintained that the association was organized for the sail ors of the civil war only, and should die with them. The vote on the reso lution was overwhelming against ad mitting the men of the late war. When the result was announced the Fanagut delegates from New York and the delegates from the Admiral Boggs Associatien of Newark, N. J., walked out in a body. It is their in tention to start an opposition associa tion to be known as the United States Veteran Navy. The encampment elected Vice Com mander-in-Chief W. C. Johnson as commander-in-chief to serve the unex pired term of two days of the late Colonel Sexton and selected Chicago for the next annual encampment. The day’s proceedings included also numerous addresses and reports and a significant sparring over the report of the committee on pensions. This re port was held in the greatest secrecy. It complains of the construction of the act of 1890 for the relief of the civil war veterans and their widows and orphans not conditioned upon evidence of service disability. It says the original construction of this was obligated in 1893 by unjust and arbitrary rules, but expresses the confident beiief that President Mc- Kinley will take measures to bring about a different ruling in the future. It asks that the limit of income suffi cient to bar widows be put at not less than $250 a year, and that other rigid condition be revoked. It repudiates the charges of inflation of the pension roll by fraudulent claims and chal lenges such assertions. The report was discussed for hours, many delegates favoring immediate adoption but the committee was finally instructed to submit it again without recommendations and resolutions. The annual reports show 287,981 members in good standing on June 30th; losses by death aggregated 7,994 and that 1,672 deserving sick and maimed are not receiving pensions. A plea was made for government at tention to 6,682 soldiers’ graves un marked. Numerous auxiliary associa tions held their annual meetings with the veterans Wednesday. SCHWARZKOPPEN INTERVIEWED. Intimates That Kaiser Will Not Send Him To Rennes. The Anzieger, Berlin newspaper, publishes an interview with Colonel Schwarzkoppen which is believed to define Germany’s policy toward the Dreyfus affair. When asked whether he would go to Eennes to depose, Col onel Schwarzkoppen curtly replied: “No; I do not think the emperor will permit me to make a statement. Have we not already adopted a line of conduct in the matter? We have done so twice. First our ambassador to France declared that we had nothing to do with the affair. Then Count von Buelow, German minister of for eign affairs, confirmed that statement plainly and distinctly in thereichstag.” LODGED IN SAVANNAH JAIL. The Delegate Are Removed From Da rien To a Safer Locality. John Delegal, Eddie Delegal and Mary Delegal, their mother, arrived at Savannah, Ga., Tuesday afternoon, from Darien. They were immediately placed in the Chatham county jail, where they will be held until the day of their trial in Eflingham county. Justice Chambers Dined. The German ambassador at Wash ington gave a dinner Wednesday night to Mr. Chambers, the chief justice of Samoa, and the fact is taken to indicate a better state of feeling now that there is fuller knowledge re specting the course of Mr. Chambers in Samoa. LABORI APPEALS TO TWO NATIONS To Allow Their Military Attaches To Testify In the Dreyfus Trial. PRECEDENT ALREADY SET The Demand Is Made On German and Italiai. Rulers. A special from Rennes, France, says: M. Labori Tuesday afternoon telegraphed personal appeals to Em peror William and King Humbert to grant permission to Colonel Schwarz koppen and Colonel Panizzardi, Ger man and Italian military attaches in Paris in 1894, to coine to Rennes to testify in the trial of Captain Dreyfus. This was the new.- of the day and the chief topic of conversation in the cases and resorts of the journalists. The appeals were couched in elo quent terms, invoking the assistance of their majesties in the name of justice and humanity They are quite supplementary to the formal applica tion that will be made by the govern ment commissary, Major Carriere. The demand of M. Labori that the courtmartial should issue process, subject to the approval of two sov ereigns, came liko -a thunderbolt at Tuesday’s session. is fraught with momentous consequences, ns it affords Emperor William an oppor tunity again to assume his favorite role of arbiter of the destinies of the world. No one would be surprised if Schwarzkoppen, in the name of the kaiser, makes a declaration that will practically dec id j 4»‘.: result of the trial. Both Schwarzkoppen and Paniz zardi must consult their respective sovereigns before starting, but the counsel for Dreyfus fully expect them to arrive in Rennes, if they come at all, in ample time to give their testi mony. Colonel Jouaust told M. Demange at the close of the session that if he received official information that Colo nel Schwarzkoppen and Panizzardi were coming to depose, he would be prepared to adjourn the trial pending their arrival. An adjournment of forty-eight hours would probably give them time to get in. A remarkable circumstance and one that is significant of the relation be tween the two eminent advocates who are conducting the defense, is the fact that M. Labori telegraphed the Ger man emperor and the king of Italy on his own initiative without consulting the advising or wish of M. Demange. Good For Captain Drey fun. The appearance of Colonels Schwarz koppen and Panizzardi would be the most sensational as well as the most important incident of the trial. Their depositions would be a formal and em phatic declaration that they never had any relations with the accused, and that they would make such a state ment that the court must order an ac quittal. CONVICTED RIOTERS SENTENCED Twenty-Two Are Given Alternative Fine Or Chaingang Service. Sentences were passed on twenty two rioters at Darien, Ga., Tuesday, six being fined one thousand dollars each or twelve months on the chain gang and sixteen being fined two hun dred and fifty dollars each or twelve months in the gang. Two others were out on bond and were not present to have sentences passed. It is presum ed that they will not show up and it is hardly probable that any of the convicted ones will be able to pay their fines. The ring-leaders who got the thou sand dollar sentences were Jonas Green, James Wylly, Ben Dunham, Charles McDonald, Joseph Kimmon, Charles Turner. The others sentenc ed were Moses Miller, Jr., Hugh Thompson, Dave Petty, James Bailey, Freeman Elverson, Sharper Gordon, Henry Golden, James Ross, Kit Alex ander, Dan Johnson, Horace Seabroe, Levi Mitchell, Charles Baptist, Mar shall Dorsey and two women, Marla Currey and Louisa Underwood. /he trial of the last butch of eight rioters Tuesday, the conviction of four and passing of sentences on the twen ty-two were the main features of the court proceedings. MASSING TROOPS. Great Activity In the Transvaal In View of Impending Hostilities. Advices of Thursday from South Africa state that atl the Transvaal ar tillery has been called out and that the burghers have been notified to be ready for war. The latest reply of the Transvaal to Great Britain is regarded as making the disappearance of the last hope of peace. There was great excitement in the first raad Thu -sday on Mr. Coeizer’s interpellation of the government re garding the presence of British troops on the borders and the stoppage of ammunition consigned to the Trans vaal. President Kruger, the members of the executive council and most of the principal officials were present, togeth er with a large representation of the general public, including many ladies. At the outset the chairman and Presi dent Kruger urged members to pre serve calmness and avoid insulting language. The state secretary, F. W. Reitz, said he had called the previous day on the British diplomatic agent, Mr. Co nyngham Greene, and had asked him what reply the government could give in the volksraad regarding the alleged massing of British troops on the bor ders, and whether Mr. Greene would communicate with the British high commissioner, Sir Alfred Milner. The reply from Mr. Greene, he continued, had been received and was in the ftfl 4 lowing terms: “I do not know to what Mr. Reitz refers when he alludes to the massing of troops. This must be the British troops in South Africa, the position and number of which are no secret; but it is a matter of common knowl edge that they are here in order to make provision against eventualities and to protect British interests.” Mr. Coetzer and other members then made violent speeches, declaring ! that they could understand Sir Alfred Milner's reply, since the Transvaal 1 had never threatened the English colonies. “It is time,” exclaimed Mr. Coetzer, “for the Transvaal also to prepare for eventualities.” One member said: “England’s ac tion is like putting a revolver into a man’s face.” Another concluded a warlike address in this strain: “It is time to send our burghers to the borders to ask these troops what they want. The fire is bound to start. So let them light it and allow it to burn out quickly. War is better than the present state of affairs. Business is ruined and the public treasury is drying up. Chamberlain is trying to ruin the country.” These speeches and others attack ing Cecil Rhodes were loudly ap plauded by the house and the publie. The debate continued throughout the afternoon. GEORGIANS VOLUNTEER. I Governor Candler’s flinute Men Are Anxious For Service. An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says: Governor Candler’s Minute Men, a company of 109 commissioned, non commissioned officers and privates, composed of some of the best young men in Marietta, Macon and Atlanta, has made application with Secretary ;of War Root to be eccepted as a com pany for service in the Philippines. £ ORDERS TO BRITISH TROOPS. Regiments Now In India Prepared For Trouble In South Africa. Advices from Simla state that three regiments of cavalry and four regi ments of infantry and three batteries of field artillery have been formally warned to prepare to leave their sta tions in India at the shortest notice for service in South Africa. The hos pital outfits have received similar or ders. LIQUID AIR COMPANY Preparing To Build Plants In AU the Larger Cities. The General Liquid Air and Refrige rator company, of New York, the larg est institution of its kind in the world, will shortly build additional plants in half a dozen of the larger cities. The company is to be reincorporated and ..the capital increased to $10,000,009. NO. 11. SOOTH'S FLAGS WILL BE HELD Closing Exercises of G. A. R. Encampment. KICK ON PENSION RULES Col. Albert D. Shaw, of Watertown, N. Y., Elected Commanderln=Chief For the Ensuing Year By Acclamation. The thirty-third national encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Re public adjourned at Philadelphia Thursday night. The features of the day’s session were the election of Col onel Albert D. Shaw, of Watertown, N. Y., by acclamation as commander - in-chief for the ensuing year, and the adoption of a resolution scoring the present pension policy. At the opening session Judge Leo Rassieur, of St. Louis, withdrew as a candidate for commander-in-chief and threw his support to Colonel Shaw, ■whose election was made unanimous. Judge Rassieur’s action was cheered to the echo and there were cries of Ras sieur for 1900. It is expected that he will be the next commander-in-chief. Other officers elected were: Irwin Robbins, of Indianapolis, se nior vice commander-in-chief; M. Min ton, of Louisville, junior vice com mander; William H. Baker, of Lynn, Mass., surgeon general; Jacob Grimm, of Maryland, chaiplain-in-chief, and Thomas J. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, adjutant general. The pensions committee presented its report, which the encampment im mediately adopted unanimously. The resolution adopted called for the abro gation of rule 225, now in effect in ad judicating claims under section, of the June 27. 1890, act, stamping it as unjust and asking in its place the principle defined in rule 164 under whose operations 400,000 names were added to the pension roll. The reso lutions also deplored the practice of the pension bureau which bars the widows who have an income of $96 a year and asks an increase of the limit to $250. A committee of five was ap pointed to seek relief from the admin istrative officers and failing there to ask congress to amend the law in such form as to make certain the true in tent of the statute. Refuse to Return Flags. Late in the afternoon a motion was made to return to the south flags cap tured during the war. This was killed. The majority report of the resolution committee complained that widows of soldiers were asked if they had been virtuous after the death of their hus bands and condemned such questions. The minority report said that if ques tions of that nature were asked this method of examination should be con demned. Commissioner of Pensions Evans was then asked over the telephone if it was a fact that this question was asked. Mr. Evans replied that where charges were made against applicants they were required to answer ques tions relating to them. Otherwise no such questions were put to the appli cant. The celebration Thursday night in cluded the illumination of the North Atlantic squadron and a big campfire of the union ex-prisoners of war. The ships were literally covered with elec tric lights, big searchlights being also in operation, and great crowds were attracted to the Delaware river shores. The departments' of the various states appointed their representatives in the national council of administra tion. They include: Alabama, M. W. Wickersham; Geor gia, J. A. Commerford; Kentucky, A. H. Bliss; Louisiana and Missis sippi. Lincoln Sims; Tennessee, Geo. W. Patton; Virginia and North Caro lina, James E. Fuller. Chambers Ca Is On McKinley. Chief Justice Chambers, of tfamoa, bad a long interview with the presi dent Thursday respecting the condi tions in Samoa and the future outlook for the islands.