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EMPRESS ABETS
THE "BOXERS"
China's Ruler Winks at
Murder of Foreigners.
SITUATION IS ALARMING
Minister Cooler Advises Washington
Officials?Sabject of Defense Will
Be a Delicate One.
A cable dispatch from Pekin, China,
S8js: The most alarming reports are
constantly arriving from the country,
11 p Ti. _ m T*_ fTl
especially irom jrao xing xa. xu?
telegraph wires from Pekin to Pao
Ting Fa are cut and all news comes
is Tien Tsin.
A serious crisis exists at the palace.
The ultra-conservative party advocates
not taking repressive measures, urging
the dowager empress to allow the
"boxers" to finish the work of driving
the foreigners out of the country, the
moderate party, led by Prince Ching,
representing the serious danger of
provoking a conflict with the powers.
ItjfeAftpossible to confirm or deny
thpMMpt, but significant indications
of the filing of the government toward
foreigners are contained in the
attempt to arrest Lin, Chinese manager
of the Pekin syndicate; Kia, chief
of the Shan Si commercial bureau,
and Fan, a leading banker of Shan Si,
on the ground that they were "dangerous
characters," but in reality, because
they are concerned with new
British enterprises. Fortunately all
of them, were absent and they have not
yet been arrested. The British minister,
Sir Claud MacBonald, has addressed
a note to the tsung li yamen,
demanding why the arrests were ordered.
A Shanghai dispatch says: A number
of desperadoes, disguised as passengers,
have pirated the British
Tang Tse steamer Kutwo. They committed
wholesale robberies, terroriz
log too passengers, wuo were qaue
unable to offer resistance.
EIGHT AMERICANS MISSING.
Further advices from Tieu Tsin
state that two more of the party of
foreigners who fled from Fao Ting Fn
have arrived there. One of them was
badly injured. The relief expedition
has returned. The mounted Cossacks,
!*. who started in pursuit of the refugees,
returned Sunday evening. They reported
that they had a fight with the "boxers"
at Tuli, killing sixteen and
wounding many. Lieutenant Bleusky,
Dr. Hamilton; a trooper and a civilian
were wounded.
It is reported from Pao TiDg Fau
that eight Americans and three members
of the China inland mission are
missing. The missionaries are in
> great danger.
It was reported that Pao Ting Fn
was attacked Sunday night. Mr. Robinson,
of the north China mission?
not Mr. Stevenson, of the Church of
England mission, as cabled previously,is
Bussing and five native Christians
have been murdered at Zang Ching.
Mr. Norman, of the same mission, has
been captured at Wu Chia Ting, two
miles from Tang Ching, and is in great
danger.
The British cruiser Endymoin and
the torpedo boat Hart have arrived at
i?n.
CONGER SENDS ADVICES,
The following cablegram has been
reoeived at the state department from
United States Minister Conger at Pekin:
'Tedn, June 4.?Outside of
Pekin the mnrders and persecu'
tions by the 'boxers' seem to he
on the increase. The Pao Ting
Fu railway, is temporarily abanboned.
Work on the Pekin and
' Hang Kow line is stopped. All
foreigners have fled. The Chinese
government seems either unwilling
or unable to suppress the
trouble. The troops show no energy
in attacking the 'boxers.'
"CONGEB."
Grave as these advices are, they
have not induced the state department
to vary the line of action it has laid
down. The naval force of the United
States near Pekiu, now represented by
one vessel, the Newark, has not been
strengthened, but if occasion should
arise Admiral Kempf might be reenforoed
to almost any extent likely to
bo needed in three or four days, from
the numerous American fleet still at
Manila and vicinity.
Owing to the peculiar character of
the Chinese coast naval vessels of
- formidable type are unable to approach
the populous provinces in
China, and especially are these boxerafflicted
communities inaccessible to
naval vessels. The state department
does not contemplate the use of the
United States troops and it would be
difficult to spare any from the force
now opperating in the Philippines,
even it were found expedient to employ
the military arm.
CHAR0E5 EXTRAVAGANCE.
Georgia Senator Blames the Republi
cans i-or waste ut 11uncj.
In the senate Saturday afternoon
Senator Clay, of Georgia, delivered
a speech arraigning the Republicans
for extravagance. H e touched upon
Senator Hannah defense of the armor
v trust and declared that there would be
extravagance in government operation
y?; in an armor plant by referring to the
class of meu who would be in charge
under republican administration, referring
" particularly to Neely, Rathbone
and others.
riunifJcent Dowry.
It is stated in New York that the
dowry of Senator William A. Clark's
daughter, Miss Katherine Stanffer
Clark, who married Dr. Lewis RutherMnrris
ft f?w riftVA afiTO. i8 314.
000,000. '
J8&ark Hanna Denies Report.
* SefiBfr Hanna denies the report
that henas determined not to be the
chairman of the new national Republican
committee. A statement to this
effect was sent out from Washington.
VETERANS ADJOURN.
Next Reunion of Battle-Scarred
Confederate Heroes Will Be
Held In Memphis.
Tlie Confederate reunion was brought
to a close at Louisville Friday night.
The next gathering of the old veterans
will be at Memphis, Tenn, The
struggle for the reunion by the Tennessee
city was not a very hard one
because it had been conceded that the
reunion would go there next year if
New Orleans did not ask for it. The
candidates were Memphis, Jacksonville
and Buffalo.
Friday was to have been the biggest
day of the reunion, but an almost continual
downpour of rain precluded the
possibility of the grand parade, which
caused a feeling of distinct disappoint;
rnorif in TinninviltA
Briscoe Hindman, of Louisville, was
elected commander-in-chief of the
United Sons of Veterans by acclamation
Friday morning after Walter Colquitt,
of Atlanta, the retiring commander,
had refnsed to accept a reelection.
An interesting incident occurred
when the report of the committee on
resolutions was read. Among the recommendations
was one that "the Confederate
veterans recognize with appriciation
the language of General
Daniel Sickles at the recent reunion of
the army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg,
and reciprocated the feeling
shown; that the reunion of Union
soldiers or Confederate soldiers attended
by the president of the United
States and his cabinet showed that
that there is no sectionalism in recognition
of valor of the American soldier;
that a copy of these resolution be forwarded
to the Society of the Army of
tne Potomac."
? When the vote was called on this
there were cries of "No."
General Gordon declared the resolutions
adopted, but hearing the "noes,"
resubmitted the question.
W. H. Burgynn, of North Carolina,
who presented the resolutions, made
a strong speech urging the adoption
of the resolutions. J. H. Shepherd,
of Virginia, secured the floor and announced
that he was opposed to the
resolution and asked that it be voted
down. He said:
"I want no coqnetting with those
Yankees who defeated us. For God's
sake don't accept anything from Union
soldiers. Vote it down, my comrades,
vote it down."
The hall was instantly in an uproar,
men calling "vote," "question," "no,"
"jes" and yelling indiscriminately.
There were loud calls of "Gordon!"
"Gordon!" The commander came to
the front and was greeted by frantic
cheers, that for several minutes prevented
his voice from being heard.
When silence was partially restored
he said:
"I trust the day will never come
while I stand on southern soil among
the chivalrous men of the south when
I will refuse to send a message of cordial
greeting to an enemy. (Cheers.)
I know the sender of this message.
On the heights of Gettysburg he stood
gallantly in my front and it was my
bullets that sent him to the rear with
a leg off, and, for me, I am going to
reciprocate the kindly message of the
northern soldiers."
Wild cheers greeted this speeoh,
and on a vote the resolution went
through with a rush.
CARPENTERS QUIT WORK.
Atlanta Contractors and Employes
Have a Strike on Hand.
The carpenters and joiners in Atlanta,
Ga., went on a strike Friday. Six
hundred men walked away from their
jobs to return no more, they say, until
their organization is recognized by
employers and their demands complied
with. These demands are for a day of
eight hours work; a uniform price of
25 cents per hour for their work, as a
minimum wage, or $2 per day, with
half price of minimum wage for overtime
and double time for legal holidays
and Sundays; recognition of their
organization by the employment of
" t i. A.
none but anion men 07 couirauture,
builders and planing mill managers.
Decrease of Public Debt.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of business,
May 30, 1900, the debt less
cash in the treasury amounted to
$1,122,608,811, a decrease for the
month of $2,193,774, which is accounted
for by the redemption of
bonds.
KEMPF LANDS TROOPS.
Admiral Notifies Department of His
Move At Peking, China.
The situation in China was almost
the sole topic of discussion among the
officials of the state department Thursday.
The following cablegram has been
received at the navy department from
the senior squadron commander. Admiral
Kempf:
"Tong Ku (Taku), May 30.?Secretary
of Navy, Washington: One hundred
men landed and sent to Tien
Tsin yesterday. Fifty of these go to
Pekin today. Other nations landed
men. "Kempf."
PAPERS OF INDICTMENT
In the Neely Affair Sent From Washington
to New York.
Papers were sent from Washington
to New York which charge Neeley, the
alleged defaulting postal employee,
with the embezzlement of a sum approximating
3400,000 through conversion
into cash of the $400,000 worth
of "surcharged" Cuban postage
stamps which were ordered destroyed
and so certified by Neeley.
Car Sheds Are Guarded.
Every power house and car shed of
the St. Louis Transit Company is being
guarded by Sheriff Pohlman's
posse comitatus. In all, about 900
men are on duty. A force of from
fifty to sixty men has been stationed
at each power house to remain on
guard duty.
Richmond Plumbers Dissatisfied.
The Journeymen Plumbers of Richmond,
Ya., are on strike pending negotiations
with the employing or master
plumbers. They demand $3 per
day and a nine-hour day.
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BRITISH ENTER
JOHANNESBURG
The Boer City Capitulated
Without Resistance.
ROBERTS WAS WELCOMED
Bnrgher Officials Were Requested To
Retain Their Places?British Flag
Hoisted With Great Ceremony.
A cablegram was received in London
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oatnrciny irom juora aouen? unuru
Johannesburg May 3lst, but which
was not dispatched from there until
8:30 a. m. of June 1st, which says:
"The occupation of Johannesburg
passed off quite satisfactorily, thanks
to the excellent arrangements made by
Dr. Kraus, the Transvaal commandant
here, and order prevailed throughout
the town.
"Dr. Kraus met me on my entrance
to Johannesburg and rode by my side
to the government offices, where he
introduced me to the heads of several
departments, all of whom acceded to
my request that they would continue
to carry on their respective duties until
they could be relieved of them.
"Johannesburg is very empty, but
a good crowd of people assembled in
the main square by the time th^
British flag was being hoisted. A
royal salute was fired and three cheers
for the queen were given.
"At the end of the ceremonies the
Seventh and Eleventh divisions
marched past with the naval brigade,
the heavy artillery and two brigade
divisions of the royal field artillery.
"General Ian Hamilton's column
and the cavalry division and mounted
infantry were too far away to take part
in the ceremony. The troops looked
very workmanlike and evidently took
keen interest in the proceedings."
According to delayed dispatches
reaching Pretoria, Johannesburg was
fnrmallv handed over to the British at
11 o'clock on the morning of May 3lst,
in an orderly manner. Lord Roberts
was accompanied by a small force.
The banks are being guarded. There
was a slight engagement outside Johannesburg,
and some Australian
scouts were shot in street fighting.
After this a message was sent to the
nearest British general notifying him
that the town would not bo defended.
Lord Lansdowne, secretary of state
for war, has received the following
from Lord Roberts, dated Orange
Grove, June 2d:
"Johannesburg is quiet. The people
are surrendering arms and ponies.
Only three Boer guns were left in the
fort. The Queenslanders shipped
May 30th, a Cruesot, with eleven
wagons of stores and ammunition.
Commandant Botha, of Zoutpanberg,
his held cornet and one hundred prisoners
were taken in the fighting
around Johannesburg, some belonging
to the foreign contingents and
the Irish brigade. The Thirteenth
Yoemanry were- attacked May 29th
between Kroonstad and Lindley.
There were some casualties."
FRENCH NEAR PRETORIA.
A London special of June 4 says:
There is no direct news from Pretoria
of later date than Thursday evening.
General French's cavalry were then at
Irene, eight miles south of Pretoria,
and firing was heard there. ' Lord
Roberts' messages about secondary
operations elsewhere and the situation
at Johannesburg, dated at Orange
Grove, a farm four miles northeast of
Johannesburg, show that on Saturday,
at 5:10 p. m., he was twenty-five miles
from Pretoria.
Fifty-Two Thousand Enumerators.
The exact number of census enumerators
at work, according to a Washington
dispatch, is 52|fi31. Florida
has 292, Georgia 1,258, South Carolina
748, North Carolina 1,226, Virginia
1,095.
Neely Papers Signed.
Governor Roosevelt of New York
has signed the Neely extradition papers
and they were forwarded to Washington
Sunday nigbt.
UPON TERMS OF FAIRNESS.
Senator Mason Anxious That Boers
Should Be Well Treated.
A Washington dispatch says: Senator
Mason introduced the following
resolution Monday:
"The United States hereby expresses
the hope that the war in
South Africa may cease at an early
day upon terms of fairness to both
England and the Transvaal."
Envoys at Cleveland, Ohio.
The Boer envoys and their party received
a number of callers at Cleveland,
O., Monday morning. At 1:30
p. m. they gave a reception, several
hundred people attending.
FOUR ARE DEAD
And Seven Injured By Terrific Explosion
of Nitro-GIycerin.
At Whipple, just east of Marietta,
0., Thursday, in shooting a well on
the Kelly farm there was a premature
explosion of fifty quarts of nitroglycerin.
Four were killed, four arc dying
and three others are crippled for
life.
EVai-T-lmrl v r?n thp crrmind war either
killed or injured; and it -was next to
impossible to get a reliable description
of the terrible explosion.
Qeneral Hastings Passes Away.
I Silas Wright Hastings, late colonel
of the One Hundred and Forty-second
volunteer infantry and brigadier gen{
eral of the United States volunteers by
brevet, died Sunday night in Washington
city.
! Wife of Ex-Governor Taylor Dead, j
The wife of ex-Governor Robert L. i
i Taylor, the lectnrer, died at her home
j in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday after a
I brief illness. Five children survive
her. J
AIMS AT PECK.
Our Commissioner At Paris Is
Charged With Dereliction
As To His Duties.
The issuance of a bench warrant at
Frankfort, Ky., Friday, by Judge
Cantrill was the first official notice
that an indictment had been returned
naming Former Governor Taylor as
an accessory to the murder of William
Goebel. It had been rumored for
weeks that the indictment had been
returned, but that the officials refused
to either confirm or deny it. The indictment
was filed and entered on record
April 19th. It reads as follows:
The grand jury of the county of
Franklin in the name and by authority
of the commonwealth of Kentucky
accuses William S. Taylor, of
this commonwealth, of being accessory
before tte fact to the willful murder
of William Goebel, committed as
follows, viz: The said William S.
Taylor in the said county of Franklin,
on the 30th day of January, A. D.,
1900, and before the finding of this
indictment, unlawfully, willfully and
feloniously of his malice aforethought'
and with intent to bring about the
death and procure the murder of William
Goebel, did conspire with Caleb
Powers, F. W. Golden, John L.
Powers, John Davis, Henry Youtsey,
Charles Finley, W. H. Culton,
John Howard, Berry Howard,
Harlan Whitaker, Richard
Combs and others to this grand
jury unknown, and did counsel,
advise, encourage, aid and procure
Henry Youtsey, James Howard,
Berry Howard, Harlan Whitaker,
Richard Combs and other persons to
this grand jury unknown, unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously and of their malice
aforethonght, to kill and murder
William Goebel, which one of the last
five named persons or another person
acting with them, but who is to this
grand jury unknown, as Aforesaid
then and there, thereunto by the said
W. S. Taylor before the fact committed,
advised, encouraged, aided and
procured, did by shooting and wounding
the said Goebel with a gun or pistol,
loaded with powder or other ex?
Iah/IAW find ofool Vial 1 of*
piusivo uuu. ICDUC11 auu d?v?> ? ?other
hard substances, and from which,
said shooting and wounding the said
Goebel died on the 3d day of February,
1900, but which of said last above
mentioned persons as aforesaid, actually
tired the shot that killed the said
Goebel is to this grand jury unknown,
against the peace and dignity of the
commonwealth of Kentucky."
The bench warrant commands the
sheriff or other arresting officer to arrest
William S. Taylor and deliver
him to the jailer of Franklin county.
On the back of the indictment about
fifty persons are named as witnesses
for the commonwealth. The bench
warrant was placed in the hands of
Deputy Sheriff John Suter, who is acting
in the absence of the sheriff, who
is at Hot Springs. When asked what
he would do with the warrant he said:
"What can I do with it? I would
serve it if I could, and I could do it if
Governor Mount of Indiana would
help me, but from all reports I, guess
he will not do it."
Governor Beckham Friday afternoon
issued an order mustering out ten
companies of the state guard. All except
two of them are located in mountain
towns and were among those mustered
into service daring the political
excitement jnst before and immediately
following the state election last
fall. '
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL,
With Important Amendments, Passed
In the Senate.
At the conclusion of a session lasting
eight hours, the senate Friday evening
passed the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The amendment providing for
an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the
Louisiana purchase exposition, to be
held in St. Louis in 1903, was continued
in the bill after an unsuccessful effort
to reduce the appropriation.
An amendment was incorporated
providing for the beginning of the
work on the memorial bridge between
Washington and Arlington cemeteries,
to be erected in^memory of the doad
of both the Union and Confederate
armies. While the bill carries only
$200,000 for the project, it is expeoted
ultimately to cost about $5,000,000.
An amendment also was added to the
measure providing for an adjustment
of certain claims of the states of New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware,
Oregon, California and South
Carolina.
TO CONVENE IN RALEIGH.
Date Fixed For Gathering of Commissioners
of Agriculture.
The next meeting of the Cotton
States association of the commissioners
of agriculture will be held in
Raleigh, N. C., on August 26th. There
will be a three days' session.
All of the commissioners of agriculture,
state chemists, directors of the
state experimental stations, state veterinarians
and presidents of agricultural
colleges are members of the Cotton
States association.
James Wilson, United States com
missioner of agriculture, has in response
to an invitation, consented to
deliver an address at the meeting.
A FLORIDA TRAGEDY.
Hon. Taylor Bradford Killed By John
Graham at St. narks.
About 7 o'clock last Sunday night,
at St. Marks, Fla., Hon. Taylor Bradford,
aged forty-one years, chairman
of the finance committee of Tallahassee
city council, was shot and killed
almost instantly by John A. Graham,
a land speculator and a man of large
affairs whose home is in Savannah,
Ga. Graham owns a large sawmill
and shingle factory at St. Marks.
GENERAL OTIS QUARANTINED.
Reaches San Francisco With Smallpox
Aboard His Transport.
The transport Meade, with Major
General E. S. Otis, arrived at San
Francisco, Wednesday, twenty-five
1 Jays from Manila. The Meade had
three cases of smallpox aboard. She
.vas placed in quarantine where she
vill remain an indefinite time. Gene[
ral Otis stated to the quarantine ofli'
;ials that he was in excellent health
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Charleston Cet? Convention.
As heretore announced in the Asso- '
ciated Press dispatches, the next an- y
nual convention of the railroad com
missioners will be held in Charleston
dnring the exposition. Chairman ?
Evans says that the Sonth Carolina 1
commissioners worked with might and ?
main to get the convention to go to
Charleston. But they had to fight
against San Fraucisco, Chicago and
New York and other large cities, and
they won out all right in favor of 1
Charleston. Mr. Evans says that the
northwestern commissioners were especially
in favor of Charleston, and
that they are all delighted with an opportunity
to visit that historic south- t
em city. <
Important Decree Filed. j
Jndge Beset has just filed an im- t
portant decree in the case of Bryan t
vs. Reams, Saluda county, concerning ]
the application of the act of 1897, in {
relation to costs in certain partition *
and foreclosure cases, to the commis- j
sions of the master on moneys arising \
from sale of land, holding that the <
master is entitled to fall commission {
in all cases.
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Two Negro Children Killed. 1
At Winona, Florence county, a 1
frieght train ran over two small Negro <
boys, sons of Henry Urant. xney were 1
asleep on the track between the rails i
and must have raised up their heads as i
the engine passed over them. One !
was killed ontright and the skull of (
the other was horribly crushed. They ]
were not mangled and would have es- <
caped had they remained flat on the i
ground. - 1
Cattle Shipments Heavy. 1
The shipping of cattle from this 4
state to cities in other states has as- j
sumed large proportions. Besides the '
many carloads shipped from the up- **
country to Charleston and Columbia
many other carloads go from the same
section to Richmond,Nashville,Atlanta
and other points. (
On this account shippers in this
state have been notified by the Tennessee
authorities that quarantine has (
been established in the state against ,
tuberculous cattle and that none will ,
be admitted that have not been duly j
tested and certified to be sound. I
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Ucen?e la Lacking.
Comptroller General Derham, in reply
to a complaint of a policy-holder in 1
the Old Wayne Mutual Life Associa- j
tion, of Indianapolis, Ind., says that ^
the Old Wayne Mutual Life Associa- ]
tion has no license to do business in .
this state.
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A Bleachery In Sight.
A charter was granted a few days '
ago to the Clear Water Bleachery and
Manufacturing company of Aiken, The '
capital stock is to be $200,000, and
the president and treasurer is Thomas
Barrett, Jr., of Augusta, who is connected
with cotton mills in Augusta,
Graniteville and other factories across
thejtavannah in South' Carolina.
wmie tne soutn is rapiaiy manniacturing
cotton to an extent that it is
generftlly believed will, within a few
years, enable her to handle all the cotton
raised in the cotton belt, yet there
has never been a bleachery established
in this section. The "rough" product
has been manufactured in southem
mills, and returns here finely finished
through New England bleacheries.
It is said that only the purest
and clearest sort of water can be used
in a bleachery. It must be water free
from certain minerals, and such water
haB not been found in South Carolina
heretofore.
The Clear Water company in Aiken
has been in process of organization for
several years, and the establishment
of the bleachery means a great thing
for the cotton mill industry of the
south.
The directors of the company are
Charles Estes, Norman Shultz, M. B.
Vaugh, F. B. Pope, W. J. Craig, J.
F. McGibbon, Thomas Barrett, Jr.
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Murder Trials at Greenville.
Greenville has the somewhat remarkable
record of having tried seven
murder cases the past week in every
one of which the defendant was acquitted.
Seven lives were taken by
the accused, but on one account or
another, chiefly self defense, they were ;
acquitted, ,
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Battlefield Points Located.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: Governor
Mc8'weeney and the South Carolina
monument commission, after
RnAnriincr the dav at Chickamaucra
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park, in company with General H. V.
Boynton, returned home Monday
night, haying located eight important
points on the battlefield held by Sonth
Carolina troops daring the famous
fight, where markers are to be placed,
and also selected the site for the
handsome monument to be erected by
the state on the reservation.
The site of the monnment is half
way up the slope of Snodgrass hill and
marks the limit reached by Kershaw's
South Carolina brigade in their famous
assault on Thomas' position at the
olose of the memorable battle. The
monument will, therefore, stand at the
open, in plain view of the railroad
station at Lytle. The various sites
selected for monuments and markers
were staked off and work on the
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preparation ox mc luuuuativuw ** ?? ww
gin at once.
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A Gretna-Green Affair.
The Rev. Dr. Vase married Mr. Joseph
Hughes, of Columbia, and Miss
Mamie Taggart, of Abbeville, one day
the past week at Belton. It was a
runaway match and the mother of the
bride was in close and vigorous pnrsuit.
Miss Taggert has been attending the
Greenville Female college, taking a
special course in art and music, while
Hughes has been in Columbia, where
he holds a position with the Southern
railway.
The young people were deeply in
love, of course, but the mother of the
young woman strenuously objected to
their marriage. Failing to overcome j
?arr,ntal objection, the couple decided
o elope and have the marital knot tied
without mother's consent. So, Miss
L'aggert left Greenville and was joined
it Belton by her ardent and deter*
nined lover. The delight of be*
ng together was so great that they
;honghtle8sly whiled away several
lours before the ceremony was perormed,
and in the meantime mamma
ras hurrying in on the afternoon train
o put a quietus on the work of Cnpid.
Cupid, however, objected, and the
jouple fled from the presence of the
rate Mrs. Taggert to that of Dr. Vass
ind were quickly "tied up."
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A BRITISH COLONY.
nrd Roberts Proclaims Annexa
tion To England of the
Orange Free State.
A Bioemfontein special says: Amid
salutes and cheers and the singing of
'God Save the Queen," the military
jovernor, Major General Prettyman, at
loon Monday formally proclaimed the
innexation of the Orange Free State
inder the designation, of the Orange
River Colony. The ceremony wai
tomewhat imposing and the scene in
he market square inspiring. An immense
concourse had gathered and the
town was gay with bnoting. The bal;onies
and windows surrounding the
quare were crowded with ladies.
The troops were drawn up under
command of General Knox and entertained
the spectators. Accompanied
by General Kelly-Kenny and staff and
sscorted by the Welsh yeomanry, they
were greeted with cheers, and in
a clear voice, heard in every
square. General Prettyman read Lord
Robert's proclamation annexing the
Orange Free State, as conquered by
lier mrjesty's forces, to the queen's
dominions, and proclaiming that the
state shall henceforth be known as
the Orange Biver colony.
Lusty cheers greeted the concluding
words of the proclamation, and
these were renewed with ever increasing
volume as Lord Acheson unfurled
the royal standard and the bands
struck no "Ged Save the Queen.
christians Massacred.
Chinese "Boxers" Cause Reign of
Terror In Vicinity of Peking.
Cable advices from Peking. China,
date that from all parts of the surrounding
country news is constantly
irriving of fresh atrocities committed
by the "boxers." Three Christian
families were massacred at Shaa Li
Ting, sixty miles from Peking. Friday,
May 25. Only two escaped.
A representative of the Associated
Press visited Fang Tni Wednesday
morning and found the place occupied
by a battalion of troops. The wholo
railroad station, workshops and locomotive
sheds were gutted and much
rolling stock was destroyed, including
the imperial palace car. Large godowns
(Chinese warehouses), full of
valuable merchandise, were burned
after having been looted by the rioters.
The damage is estimated at half
a million taels.
The neighboring villagers seem to
have joined in the attack, showing that
the movement is not confined to the
boxers.
A "KICK COMINO."
Some O. A. R. ilea Are Opposed To
Erection of Joint Monuments.
During the ceremonies incident to
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tne aecoraiiau ui m? ^iotco u>
Union and Confederate dead in the
National cemetery ground at Philadelphia,
it developed that in certain
Grand Army circles, opposition has
appeared to the erection of a monument
to the Confederate dead in that
cemetery by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Colonel Thomas G. Sample, a post
commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic, in his oration said.
"We have buried all of our sectional
feeling. We forgot all sectionalism at
the close of the war. While I have no
objection to our brothers in the south
raising monuments to their generals as
they have a right to do, yet I raise my
voice in protest against their erecting
any monument to any one who fought
against the flag in any national cemetery."
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WORK OF SCHEMERS'/
Lawlessness In China flay Be Result
of a Dark Plot.
Minister Conger at Pekin reports to
the state department that the arrival of
359 guards from the legations of Russia,
France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan
and the United States has had the effect
of improving the situation.
It is hinted in diplomatic circles
here that the sadden increase of activity
on the part of the "boxers" is
nothing more than part of a wellconceived
plan by one of the great
European powers to secure a permanent
lodgement in Peking and to seize
a position giving it full control of the
great Peicho river, the approach to the
Chinese capital. .
TO PLEAD HIS CASE.
? I Ulnna pTfltM Fftt
convict uitco wh>i|mv ?
Taking Leg Ball."
Julius Bone, the young convict who
escaped from the Bade county, Ga.,
convict camp, May 29tb, is in jail in
Atlanta.
The apprehension of young Bone ie
not due to the skill of the detectives
nor the vigilance of the police. He if
a voluntary prisoner.
He visited Atlanta Friday morning
for the purpose, as he says, of personally
going before the state pardon
boor J to tell the prison commission
that he is the victim of a judicial error.
This, he asserts, was the only motive
of his escape from the stockade.
WILL IGNORE PROTEST.
Daughters of Confederacy Determined
to Build Monuments.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
of Richmond, Va., are very mucL
wrought up over the action of Genera
Wagner and other Grand Army of lh<
Republic men of Pennsylvania in op
posing the erection of a monument t<
the ?00 or more Confederates buriec
in Germantown cemetery near Phila
delphia. Tbey will appeal to the sec
retary of war.
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ANTImAH shah
IS DEDICATED
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/looument To Both Blue and Gray
Presented To Government.
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IS A FRATERNAL BOND
President and Other Notables
Participate In Exercises.
A special from Hagerstown, Did.,
says: Another link in the chain which
hinds together the once warring factions
of the north and sooth was
forged Wednesday by the dedication
of a monnment erected to the memory
of the men who wore the gray as well
as those who wore the blue, and who
died in mortal combat on the bloody
field of Antietam.
This event, which is possibly without
a parallel in the history of the
world, was graced by the presence of
the president of the United States, accompanied
by many members of his
cabinet; a score or more of United
States senators, as many members of
the honse, the governor of Maryland
and prominent men of the states..
There were present hundreds of
veterans who fought for the "lost
cause" and thoneands who fought for
the side that proved victorious. Side
by side they stood with uncovered *
heads throughout the ceremony.
Colonel Benjamin. F. Taylor, as
president of the Antietam Battlefield
Commission of Maryland, then presented
the monument to the national
government and Elihu Boot, secretary
of war, in a brief address accepted it
on behalf of the United States.
Then followed short addresses, mainly
of a reminiscent character, by Generals
J Dhn B. Brooke, James Longstreet,
Orlando B. Wilcox, J. E. Duryea,
Senators Foraker, Burrows, and
Daniel and others who were prominent
on the opposing sides in the
great struggle. These were followed
in turn by Representative George B.
McClellan, of New York, and other
members of both houses of congress.
The band played "Hail to the Chief'
and General Douglas introduced President
McKinley, who delivered the address
of the day. The president said
in part:
"Mr. Chairman and My Fellow Citizens?I
appear only for a moment that
I may make acknowledgment for your
oourteous greeting and express in a
single word my sincere approval of
this occasion for which we have asonmkimA
t/uliv
STOMA ?vv.?4^ i
"In this presence and on this memorable
field I am glad to meet the followers
of Lee, Jackson, Longstreet
and Johnston with the followers of
Grant and McClelland and Sherman
and Sheridan, greeting each other not
with arms in their hands or malioe in
their sonls, bnt with affection and respect
for each other in their hearts.
(Applause.)
"Standing here today one reflection
only has crowned my mind?the difference
between the seotions and that
of thirty-eight years ago. Then the
men who wore the bine and the men
who wore the gray 'greeted each other
with shot and shell and visited death
npon their respective ranks. We meet
after all these intervening years with
bnt one sentiment?that of loyalty to
the government of v the United States,
love for onr flag and free institutions,
and determined men of the north
and men of the south to make any
sacrifice for the honor and perpetuity
of the American nation. (Great Applause.)
"My fellow-citizens, I am glad,
also, of the famous meeting between
Grant and Lee at Appomattox. I am
glad we were together, aren't yon?"
(cries of 'yes, yes*)?"glad that the
union was saved by the honorable
terms made between Grant and Lee,
under the famous apple tree, and there
is one glorious fact that must be always
gratifying to ns?the American
soldiers never surrendered but to
Americans. (Applause.)
"the followers of the Confederate
generals, with the followers of the
federal generals, fonght side by side
in Cuba, in Porto Bico and in the
Philippines, aud in those far-off islands
are standing. together today fighting
and dying for the flag they love, the
flag that represents more than any
other banner in the world, the best
hopes and aspirations of mankind."
(Great and long continued applause.)
STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE.
Tracks of St. - Loafs Rapid Transit
Company Blown yp.
A terrific explosion, supposed to
have been caused by dynamite, plaoed
on the tracks of the Union line at
Fifth and Chambers streets in St,
Louis, shook the buildings and broke
the glass in all the windows in the
neighborhood at midnight Wednesday
night. Many persons'were thrown
from their beds by the violent shook
and all were awakened and more or
less terrified.
So far as known no one was injured.
The police have been unable to find
out who was responsible for the explosion.
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CUBA NOT A TERRITORY.
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FM> OUIC VUUIUiiiaavuvi v> . ....
i Be Appointed By Governors.
1 Governor Candler, of Georgia, re1
ceived a letter from Jose JEngenio
Marx, of Havana, applying for the ap'
pointment of commissioner of deeds
for Georgia in the city of Havana.
Governor Candler referred the letter
1 to Secretary of State Phil Cook, who
has the appointment of all commis>
sioners of deeds.
Secretary Cook decided that Cuba
is neither a territory or state.
I Requisition Delayed.
Acting Sheriff Suter at Frankfort
np to Saturday night had not applied
r for a requisition on Governor Mount
1 for the extradition of W. S. Taylor,
' but states that he will do so.
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Lynched By Negro Mob.
j A report from Tutwiler, Miss., states
that a negro known as Dago Pete was
lynched there by a mob composed entirely
of negroes. The negro had
criniinally assaulted a colored woman.
LiL/i i vsiv niunnvi4i/i
Paragraph In Colored Newspaper
Arouses Ire of White Citizens
of Augusta, Qa.
Augusta, Ga., narrowly escaped
more violence last Saturday night,
growing out of a publication concerning
the recent killing of Alez .
Whitney and the lynching of hit murderer,
Wiljiam Wilson. Saturday "
afternoon more than 200 white mea ||
marched from an indignation meeting y
on the river bank a mile across town
to The Georgia Baptist office on Gampbell
street, near Gwinnett, to demand
a retraction from the editor, and at |?
night another party was organised to
force Editor White to leave town and f
to wreck his printing office.# ,'m
The indignation in the community
arose over a paragraph published in Tha | r
Georgia Baptist, a denominational ha
Kiv pttpoi, puuiuuvu iuj. |pan7i>n^i!^8HL,
Rev. W. J. White. It purported to 4 77|
have been copied from another paper, ?$
"The Bee," said to be pubHattM fi
Washington city. It was at follows: | '
"The lynching of William Wil- ,J|
son, a popular young mechanic in 4|| .-' 4
Augusta, Ga., a few days ago, is '
another one of those damnable
sins for which the south must be ;
held responsible. Mr .Wilson die# -:''l
upholding the virtue of one df?|
(Georgia's most refined and highly Jj
respected young ladles. The white. ' j 7fff|
wretch who offered the insult fell
at the hands of this young martyr M 7?%;
and the unpleasant thought that J;
such a brilliant career tad to be ^1
sacrificed for one portraying S
worst type of criminality is
only unfortunate, but sad to theji '-:Wm
The entire statement was so
bly false that it filled the friemfardfi^
young Whitney with indignation. 3 4^1
An indignation meeting was
and the publication denounoed aim
was proposed to run Editor Whitewash .7$?
of town, to wreck his newspaper oAta?||
while some even wanted te tar'-jj|M? ;4fj||
feather him, or do him other riofaofcir^
The meeting decided upon the appaflwrea 7|?J|?
ment of a committee to wait vpoftjj
White and demand that he ai|p|i jflBr ' >
apology and a repudiation of theism! -ISal
In the meantime White had
The Herald and iChroniele office afl&i|
stated that he did not know the para- % \ 'Wm
graph was in his paper; that it wj
published without his lmowlcdgi^|f ..'||||
consent; that it was absolutely iRMp .-Wm
and he was anxious to put a card i*VJ ' tdM
both papers repudiating it and app^S 'WSk
gizing for its publication in his ptpBT^
The following is the card which the||
committee dictated for Editor WhiteVr -|S|j
signature: . .;^gS|
"The infamous article that appear* ;* -'WM
ed in The Georgia Baptist on
31st as a clipping from The Beet
inserted without the knowledge ori^JN
proval of the editor of this paper, '< *3$
who hereby emphatically dlsdafiBW^j' W$m
connection with its publication. * . Cjmm
"I cannot sufficiently deplore the 5
fact that this disgraceful article
peared in our paper, apparently as ta?|| '2|||
expression of the opinion and senti- :Wm
ment of the editor of this paper. And
farther I deprecate, repudiate and de- -'j|||||
nonnce the article and all the sesU|"&a '^Hj
ments it contains, and further gftarae^ , '^a
tee to the white people of Augusta th^ga
it is not the intention of The.
Baptist to offend by upholding any.*?
such dastardly acta as that rt&w 1
in the article in question.
guarantee to the white citizens that no.<|
such offense will again occur
columns of this paper. I respeetiit!ljgl|
ask the morning papers to publish this^j
denial and promise to print it in lilgtii ^j|?
type in The Georgia Baptist --.SmB *
"Publisher of The Georgia Bapti#^ Wm
.KICK ON RATES*-????
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Democratic Delegates Make Charges ||||
As thetime for the convention flajapSS
near Senator Jones, chairman of the
Democratic national committer is' fi||
receipt of * number of Tigorou
plaints from the members of S
tional committee throughont the coving |f|||
try over the action of the hotel* j||9
Kansas City in the matter of ratea.^;
Many of the oomaittee have. I liijgrn *rW$
Senator Jones on this subject* ?!^ iS
questing that a meeting be called wftftLv-: "3
a view to reconsidering its action Hg^
deciding to hold the convention ial'i.
that city. Senator Jones has
the matter under serious consider*'
tion. .
COSTLY FIRE IN TAMPA* :'|
Florida City Suffers Loss Agfci'igMjSj % x
Two Hundred Thousand*- -.V3
A disastrons fire that intelTat?|||| y.J
loss of at least two hundred thousand^
dollars broke ont in Tampa, Fla., at r.:
11 o'clock Saturday night
building on Franklin street oncupfot^
by the dry goods boose of <k*ie^
Friedmann & Co., and at 1 o'do^ _
Sunday morning the bloek and t)&p J
Jackson block adjoining were in raisd^ y
The latter block was occupied "p-0
Yatterlan A Co., shoes, and Mason lr? ^
Co., dry goods, whose stocks arspfae^iy %||
Cohen, Friedman k Co. '8 stook,
ued at $25,000, insurance 50 per ! -M
RAIN AT LOUISVILLE ||
Interferes Somewhat With Program ||
of Confederate Veterans. >, V/^jjg
Thursday rain seriously interfered J f|
with many excellent attractionf af* %...H
ranged by the entertainment commit- - ; m
tee for the delegates and visitors to . - ?
the big Confederate reunion in honit* ||
ville. But the dripping <dond?;|t
in no wise decreased the fun and mar- S
riment among the large crowds of va^ is 3|J|
eftuis stationed at the various head- l*; S
quarters throughout the cifyv .
Three Thousand Men Idle. .
The steel plant at Middleboret Kj., .
was closed down Monday morning
orders irom the WJUWJUJUllil U wm*
Virginia Coal and Coke Company at
BristoL Three thousand men are oat
of employment* No reason is
Mexico Doing Big Bwiaeia !
The City of Mexico customs bona* - 0
collections for May vere large, being 3 M
$2,528,983, or at the rate of more then '
30,000,000 annually. The stamj 7 ?
taxes are in exoess of estimate*,. : :