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The Georgia Record. VOL 1. A GREAT MILITARY PARADE Is Arranged By Committee For “Dewey and Brumby Day” In Atlanta, Ga. OTHER STATES ARE INVITED Affair Promises to Be Grandest Ever Witnessed In the Southern States. The biggest military demonstration that has ever occurred in Atlanta or in the state of Georgia will be given in honor of Admiral Dewey and Lieu tenant Brumby October 25th. The general reception committee at its session in Atlanta Tuesday morning, recognizing the importance of the mil itary feature of the celebration, appro priated the sum of §5,000 to meet the expenses which will be incurred from this source. Unless the indications fail, an'd there is no reason to believe they will, the militia of Georgia will be backed up in the parade by troops from Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Car olina and possibly Florida. Telegrams were hurried off Tuesday by the mili tary committee to the adjutants general of each oi the states named asking them to wire an invitation at the committee’s expense to each company commander in their jurisdiction, to lake part in the big military para !e in honor of Dewey and Brumby. At the lowest estimate made by any member of the military committee there will be in Atlanta over 3,000 visiting troops and the number may go up upon the receipt of replies from the different states to 5,000. Acting Adjutant General Phil Byrd, at the meeting of the general commit tee, was tendered, the position of mar shal of the day on the occasion of the I parade. The selection was regarded by the committee as a wise one on ac- ■ count of the familiarity of the acting ; general with the military organization of the state. Immediately after the adjournment ■ of the general committee a meeting | of the military committee was called ! and in the short session a great deal toward making the parade the distinct feature of the Dewey celebration was accomplished. Colonel J. Van Holt Nash was ap- j pointed a committee of one to proceed ! at once securing quarters for thei troops on the basis of 2,000 or 2,500 | visiting soldiers. States Invited. The remarkably cheap rate of one cent a mile which has been offered for certain days by the railroads entering Atlanta will be extended over military , and Dewey day, which under the pres- i ent arrangements have been made the ! same. The low rates it is believed will | be a special iuduccement to the troops of the neighboring states that have i been invited to take part in the cele bration. There was scarcely a command in ' the south that did not make an effort to go to New York and join in the first ovation to the hero admiral, and the hundreds who failed to take advantage of the opportunity will be presented with the same chance in Atlanta. The telegrams to the adjutants general of the different states were sent shortly after noon Tuesday. The committee realizes that the time left in which to prepare for the big demonstration is short and those troops that come from a distance will be compelled to decide at once. In spite of this the military committee is confident that each of the states in vited will make a good showing and that the demonstration will be the finest of the kind ever formed in the city. Provision For the Troops. Out of the appropriation of §5,000 which has been made by the general committee, will come the expense of caring for the troops, who, while in the city, it is understood, will be the guests of Atlanta. Notices were sent by telegraph to each company com mander in the state notifying him that his men will be fed and provided with a place by the committee and that all the troops are expected to bring is the ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1899 regulation campaign dress and blank ets for use at night. The troops will bo fed from a gener al commissary which is to be estab lished at some convenient point to the troop headquarters. No regular hour for meals will be fixed, any man with uniform can obtain his meals any time he appears at commissary. Kail way People Hustling;. Railway officials are getting together all the engines and cars they can press into service to handle the great crowds. From every station the agents report that the people are talking about “go ing to Atlanta to see Dewey and Brumby.” The estimates of the visitors to be ■expected run from 40,000 up. No one would be greatly surprised to see 100,- 000 people in the Gate City during the two days of Dewey’s visit. Now that it is certain that the ad miral will visit no other city in the south, the estimates are hardly limited at all. As Atlanta extended the first invitation from the south, the admiral could not refuse, but he plans to re turn direct to Washington. KAIN WAS NO OBSTACLE. Kentuckians Turn Out In Force To Greet Bryan and Hl# Forty. William J. Bryan and his Party i ent Tuesday night in Stanford, rfy., after another day of hard campaigning ;in central Kentucky. The start was i made from Louisville at 6 o’clock Tuesday morning. A heavy storm i prevailed and continued throughout the day. Frankfort, the capital city, was reached at 8 o’clock. Despite the rain and the early hour a large crowd assembled in the opera house to hear Mr. Bryan, who urged I the election of the regular Democratic ; state ticket. The lengthy speech of the day was that delivered at Lexiug i ton, in Chautauqua hall, before, per i iaps, the largest gathering of enthu i siastic followers met during the day’s [ * rip- UPHOLD FLAG DEFENDERS. Makes Plea for Men In Philip pines In IIH Racine Speech. The train bearing the presidential party from the north slipped into Chi cago at 2:40 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and left for Michigan points and the east immediately. In the course of his speech at Racine, Wis., Tuesday morning, the president said: “Our thoughts, our prayers go to the brave men in the distant islands of the sea, who are upholding the flag of our country in honor. And while they are doing that we will uphold them. All hostilities will cease in the Philippin’es when those who com menced them will stop, and they will not cease until our flag, representing liberty, humanity and civilization, shall float triumphantly in every un disputed and acknowledged sover eignty of the republic of the United States.” (Applause.) SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN Will Soon Be With General Otis and Ready For Action. A Washington dispatch says: The combined military and naval forces of the United States in the Philippines, when all the troops and ships now under orders reach there will aggre gate more than 70,000 men and forty five war vessels. The last of these forces will arrive in Manila early in December*: This statement shows the strength in detail of the military and naval forces assigned to duty in the Philip pines: Army—Combatants, 63,872; non combatants, 1,500. Navy—Ships, 45; blue-jackets, 4,997; marines, 1,184. Affiliated Orders Increased.] The executive council of* the Ameri can Federation of Labor met in Wash ington Tuesday. The secretary’s re port shows a marvelous increase in the number of organizations formed and affiliated. It was decided to urge on congress legislation for an eight-hour day and the restriction of immigration. BRYAN FOR GOEBEL’ Nebraskan Making Speeches To Kentucky Voters, ADVISES ELECTION OF GOEBEL TICKET Enthusiastic Crowd# Greet the Campaign er# Everywhere Ovation# Given Bryan. The first day’s trip of the Bryan- Goebel party through Kentucky com menced at Cairo, 111., the first speech of the day being made at Bardwell, Ky., in the presence of a good-natured ’ and good-sized crowd. The special train reached the Kentucky town at 8:30 o’clock Monday morning. In his opening address Mr. Bryan demonstrated his purpose to support the Democratic ticket headed by Wil liani Goebel for governor. He held that, the question of whether the next president of the United States was a Democrat depended largely upon whether Kentucky was Democratic this fall. He held that any Demo crat who stands for the Chicago plat form is better than a Republican. In the presence of the enemy it was not a time to air personal grievances. Thsj real question was one as to prin ciples between the parties. In national matters he assailed the attitude of President McKinley as re lated to the Philippine islands, assert ing that the presn ent’s declaration that congress wool 1 care for the islands was a subvention 6i the decla ration of independence and the first to be openly made by a president of the United States. The declaration of the president suggested the use of the word parlia ment instead of congress and recalled the colonial days and policy of King George. The islands did not and could not belong to us simply because we had paid a decaying monarchy for them. The silver question and the Chicago platform as a whole form the vital questions to be solved in the coming ; political contest of 1900. At Fulton there was a good crowd. Mr. Bryan said: “You can cto some pretty good yell ing here, but I want to tell.you if you elect Mr. Goebel governor and Joe Blackburn senator, there will be more ! yelling in Nebraska, than there is [ here. They say a man does not want another to do better than himself, but I am not selfish when I say I want you to give Mr. Goebel a larger majority than you did me is 1896. While I appreciate the splendid vote of 1896, j I believe our party is stronger than it 1 was then and there are always sixteen ■ reasons to one why it should be so.” j The largest crowd of the day was met at Mayfield, and the greeting to i the visiting party was the warmest. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Goebel were the | speakers, the former delivering the ' most elaborate speech of the day. EXCITEMENT IN BARNESVILLE. Negroes Resent Being Ordered Out of Oxford Knitting Mills. At 10 o’clock Monday night the Barnesville, Ga., police reported to Mayor Kennedy that forty to fifty ne groes were assembled near the square, with rifles and clubs, evidently prepar ing for a midnight attack. The mayor at once ordered out the Barnesville Blues and in loss than an hour the city was under military rule and every vestige of a mob bad disappeared. The cause of the mobilization of 1 negroes is supposed to be the outcome of the strike which occurred at the Oxford knitting mills last week. The white operatives refused to work with negroes. The matter was adjusted, but not until every negro had left the mill. Numerous notices have been posted by unknown parties warning negroes not to return to their occupa tions. This is supposed to have aroused the negroes. Newell Will Sign Protocol. A special from The Hague says: Stanford Newell, United States minis ter to the Netherlands, will sign the protocol embodying the agreements reached by the representatives of the powers participating in the recent peace conference. BRITISH ARMY IS AUGMENTED Queen Victoria Makes a Call For 35,990 Reserves. IS DETERMINED TO END WAR Incidentally England Will Thus Demonstrate to World Her Resources. In the English house of commons at London, Wednesday, the first lord of the treasury and government leader, Ar thur J. Balfour, brought in the fol lowing message from the queen: “The state of affairs in south Africa having constituted, in the opinion of her majesty, a case of great emergency within the meaning of the act of par liament, her majesty deems it proper to provide additional means for mili tary service. She has, therefore, thought it right to communicate to the house that her majesty is, by procla mation, about to order the embodi ment of the militia, and to call out the militia reserve force, or such part thereof as her majesty may think nec essary for permanent service.” The calling ont of the militia and the militL reserves has occasioned widespread wonderment. Old stories of preparations against continental combinations are revived. It is freely rumored that the government is de termined to demonstrate to Europe that the British army is not a negative quantity. The call will be for 35,000 reserves and for an added appropriation for , war purposes of £10,000,000 sterling. The house agreed to consider the royal message on Thursday. A motion by Mr. Baifour appropri ating the entire special session for government business was carried Ly 279 votes against 48. The debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne was then resumed. Philip James Stan hope, liberal member for Burnley, moved an amendment strongly dis approving the conduct of the negotia tions with the Transvaal. He attacked the policy of the secretary of state the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, and demanded that the latter should clear himself of the charge of complicity in the Jameson raid. The amendment was seconded by Samuel Thomas Evans, liberal mem ber for the middle division of Glamor gunshire. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, lib eral member for West Monmouthshire, and former official leader of the liber al party, following several minor speeches for and against the govern ment, said it was the duty of the party to support the government in main taining the integrity of the dominions of the queen, but that they had a right to speak of the policy of the government in an altogether different tone. He criticised Mr. Chamber lain’s policy. At the conclusion of his speech the house adjourned. EDITORS VISIT FAIR. Members of (Ho Two Georgia Press Asso ciation# Enjoy Themselves. A feature of the opening exercises of the Georgia State Fair at Atlanta was the presence of a hundred or more Georgia editors in the auditorium, members of the Georgia Press associa tion and the Weekly Press association. The two organizations held a joint meeting Wednesday morning in room 104 of the Kimball. Presidents H. H. Cabaniss and Walter Coleman were present at the meeting and explained that there was no business to be tran sacted, but that the meeting had been culled for the purpose of visiting the fair. The members of both organizations went out to the grounds at noon and dined with Sheriff Calloway on Geor gia barbecue. After a hearty indul gence of this luscious product the edi-« tors took in the Midway. They went through every show in the enclosure and enjoyed the exhibitions im mensely. At 3 o’clock they went in a body to the auditorium and participated iu the opening exercises. NO. 17. BOERSWEREWAITING Further Particulars of Destruc tion of Armored Train, TOWN ON ENGLISH SOIL BESIEGED The Transvaal Flag I# Raided Over New Castle—Kimberly Mines Are Threatened. The London Daily Mail’s Cape Town correspondent, telegraphing Sunday evening, says: “Kimberly is besieged and the Boers are massing in force. No de tails, however, are obtainable. “The Boers have cut the railway at Belmont, have seized the Spyfoutein railway station and constructed forti fied earth works. There are strong defending forces at Modeler bridge and the Orange river bridge. “The object of these energetic oper ations is believed to be the capture of Cecil Rhodes. Kimberly is now iso lated, both railway and telegraphic communication being cut.” The Daily Mail’s Glencoe Camp correspondent under date of Sunday says: “A force under Commandant Viljoen from Spitzkep, occupied New Castle Saturday afternoon, and it is reported planted their flag over the town hall. “It is rumored that the Boers have captured a police patrol of six men at Dejagers, on the Buffalo river.” So far as actual new-s is concerned, very little change in the situation is noticed. The state affairs at Mafe'nng can only be conjectured. The occupa tion of New Castle by the Boers was prepared for and expected, the plaee having been abandoned by the British. The Boers are reported by press dis patches to be menacing Kimberly. Boers Were On the Watch. Further details are at hand regard ’ ing the destruction of the armored I tram at Kraaipan. These show that i Captain Nesbitt, who was in command of the train, was warned at Maribago i that the Boers held the line. He re ; plied that he was bound to proceed. Nearing Kraaipan, the train dashed into a culvert that bad been blown up by the Boers, who were lying in wait for the train. The Boer artillery im mediately opened fire and a desperate fight appears to have ensued, lasting four hours, with tht. odds greatly against the British. The precise de tails are uncertain. It seems, however, that a police patrol, a-ttracted by the firing, ap proached within about two thousand yards of Kraaipan, saw the train ditched with the Boer artillery still pounding at it, but noticed no re sponse. The Boers seemed afraid to approached until the wreck was com-, plete; and the police feared, as there was no sign of life near the train, that the entire force had perished in a des perate attempt to get the train back to Mafeking, where they knew it was anxiously awaited with its load of guns and ammunition. It is reported that the Boers lost heavily, but there is no means of ver ifying this. Two miles of rails were torn up. There is no authoritative confirma tion of the report that a battle has been fought in Natal between Sir General George Stewart White and the Orange Free State troops, although there is no question that the Boers have crossed the frontier at several points. MANY EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. Dunth List on the Island of Coran Said to Have Been Four Thousnnd, Official dispatches from Batavia, cap ital of The Netherlands Indies, con firm the reports regarding the recent earthquake on the island of Coran. Not only the town of Amhoi, on the south side of the island, was destroy ed, but several other villages were wrecked. The official advices declare that no fewer than 4,000 people were killed hundreds of others serious ly injured. Marchand Wanted Revenge. Advices from Paris state that Major Marchand, who commanded the French expedition in the Soudan, wished to go and fight for the Boers for revenge for being compelled to withdraw’ from Fashoda, but the government refused, him permission.