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* '3 The Bamberg Herald. i ^jSJ - ~ . ? _ ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 38. 1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ' ' ' rnrr oTiTrnc i rTiirr I mwv ? tit wv?vi^nw?wv M'KINLEY AND Unanimously Noir Bearers of Repi Foraker Sets the Convention Wild 4 u When Name of McKinley Was Presented. _ William McKinley was nominated by the national republican convention t at Philadelphia Thursday afternoon by i unanimous vote. \ 1 There was a great demonstration s when the result of the vote was announced. Qoppfebt, 1900, by C&trlcs A. Gray. PRESIDENT M'KINLEY. ?* * The delegates shouted themselves hoarse, and dags and plumes -waved wildly, thousands cheering and stamping their feet on the floor in demonstrating their enthusiasm. The nominating speeches began early. The convention opened after 10' o'clock, and, -with a few preliminaries ont of the way, the speeches began. v Chairman Lodge advanced to the front of the platform and said: "Under the rules, nominations for the office of president ef the United States are now in order," There was a momentary silence, tmnetnred bv the announcement: ?" ? "The state cf Alabama is recog'* ' nized." A tali and swarthy Alabamian stood on his chair and by pre-arrangement answered: "Alabama yields to Ohio." This was the signal for the recognition of Senator Foraker, who was to make the speech re-nominating Mr. McKinley as the Bepnblican candidate for president. Then the oheers began and a wild scene ensued. His announcement that the nomina- c tion was equal to an election in No- ^ vember brought vociferous cheers, e Briefly, Senator Foraker averted to c the record of the president in peace e and in war as one of the most remarkable in American history. t The closing words of the governor c brought another demonstration, and i k for a minute it seemed the convention i would go mad then and there, and e make two nominations instead of one. 1 Senator Lodge then recognized John i W. Terkes, of Kentucky, who arose to second the nomination on behalf of i the sonth. He was followed in turn ? by George Knight of the California t delegation and Senator Thurston of Nebraska. < During the call of slates the galler- ' ies were noticeably attentive and there was a demonstration among the dele- 1 gates. 1 Some of the states were not content t with casting their votes for McKinley, but they announced the vote which < the candidates would receive in No- J vemfcer. At the call of Hawaii ttie delegations < stood and cheered the announcement < of the new possession of its two votes < for McKinley. ' The tally clerks quickly made the 1 official summary and handed it to the ' chairman. Mr. Lodge took the paper ' and advancing to the front of the ' stage said: "The total vote cast is 930. Mc- ! Kinley receives 930. It is unanimous, < and the chair declares that William McKinley is your nominee for the 1 presidency for the term beginning < March 4, 1901." J Pandemonium again broke loose in < one swelling chorus of enthusiasm for 3 the new candidate. Tbe huge counterfeit of an elephant i was brought into the hall. Around its ' neck was entwined garlands of flowers. ' Laughter and applause were mingled < as the great emblsm was borne about. J ^ The demonstration in honor of the president's nomination lasted Ave 1 minutes. < \ han>:a is chairman. Will Once Again Manage the Campaign For the JJepablican Party. The national committee of the Republican party has elected M. A. Hanna chairman of that committee. He will manage the coming campaign. In accepting the nomination he!' made a speech in which he thanked 1 the old members of the committee for ' the way in which they stood by him ! J s in the campaigu of 3 S(JG. ASSISTS DIVORCED WIFE. Eccentric ChsrIim M. Oajr Given Mrs. Brock More Property. General Cassias M. Clay of Whiteball, Ky., has purchased from J. H. Yarnell of Hinkard, and deeded to his former child wife, now Mrs. Riley Brock, a lionso and three and a half j ,y acres of laud adjoining Mrs. Brock's j present home. This is the third purchase of land that General Clay has jk. made for her since her marriage to P Kiley Brock and he looks after her I comfort and welfare as a father would. 1 B . i ROOSEVELT linated Standard ublican Party. Teddy" At Last Bows To the Will of the Party As McKinley's Running Mate. Governor Roosevelt, of New York, is he Republican nominee for vice prescient of the United States. "Teddy" vas given the nomination without the isking. His victory was complete. No >ther name was mentioned. The contention went wild for him from tho >eginning to the end. Before order was restored after the lomination of McKinley, iVlr. Hodge varned the noisy and demonstrative ;hrong that there was some vital busiless to be done, and announced that he call of states would proceed for lominations for the vice presidency. As the name of Alabama was called >n the roll of states for the nominaion of candidates for the vice presilency the announcement was made hat Alabama would yield to Iowa to ^resent a candidate. Chairman Lodgo hen recognized Colonel LaFayetV toung. one of the Iowa delegates at arge, and editor of the Des Moines, [owa, Capital. He withdrew the name of Dolliver md offered that of Roosevelt. The olonel was in Cuba at the time Rooserelt led his rough riders up San Juan lill, and bis reference to the goverlor's campaign was eloquent. The demonstration which followed be announcement by Colonel Young )f Governor Roosevelt as the candi THEODOBX B0O8EVELT. late of the young men of the country rko represented their ambitions and imbodied their patriotism and Amerilanism was not second to that accordid the president's name. The band in the main gallery began o play "There'll be a hot time in the >ld town tonight," and to the inspirng strains the delegates began marchng around the hall, filing past Governor Roosevelt as he sat in the New fork delegation, and extending to him :heir congratulations. Speeches seconding Roosevelt'a nomnation were made by Murray of Massachusetts, Ashton of "Washington md Depew of New York. Delegates and spectators were beaming excited and called for the vote. They wanted action, not oratory. The impatient audience called for a rote, apparently assuming that there here would be other candidates. It :ook some minutes to restore order. As the roll-ctfll proceeded, each delegation as called, cast their votes for Roosevelt unanimously. With the conclusion of the call Chairman Lodgp announced that Goveror Roosevelt had received 929 votes, >ne delegate in the convention not roting. This delegate was Roosevelt himself. Chairman Lodge's announcement that Governor Roosevelt had been nominated for vice president Drought out tremendous applause. The candidate for vice president was surrounded by delegates showering congratulations on him. The serious work of the convention was over and the details only remained to be performed. A resolution was agreed to empowering the national committee to fill the vacanciea.on committees. Resolutions of thanks to Mr. Lodge ind Mr. Wolcott for their able services as presiding officers were unanimously adopted. Also thanks to Mayer Ashbridge, of Philadelphia, for the hospitality of the city. This closed the work and at 2:14 p. m. the Republican national convention jf 1900 adjourned sine die. ROUNDHOUSE DESTROYED. Two Men Lose Their Live# and Twelve Kuglne# Wrecked. The Southern Pacific roundhouse at Kern City, Cal., was burned Thursday and the remains of Patrick Quinn and Byrd Gil more, employes, were found in the debris. They were killed by the explosion of an oil tank, which started the fire. The loss to tho railroad company will amouut to $400,000. Twelve engines were destroyed. ROBERTS FOUND GUILTY. Ctah Man Ousted From Congrcs* Convlcted By a Jury. The jury in the case of B. H. Roberts, on trial at Salt Lake, Utah, for unlawful cohabitation, returned n verdict of guilty. Roberts, in an agreed statement of facts put before the jury, admitted that he entered into a polygamous marriage with Maggie B. Shipp and lived with her and his legal wife, Sarah Louisa. It is claimed that Roberts relies on the supreme court to reverse the verdict on the technical grounds. OUR MARINES SLAIN Onslaught of Allied Forces Upon Tien Tsin Is Disastrous, CHINESE HANDLE GUNS EFFECTIVELY Washington Officials Alarmed and Decide To Transfer Asiatic Squadron To Takn. The following bulletin was issned by the department at Washington Saturday: "Acting Secretary Hackett has this morning received a dispatch from Admiral Kempff, dated Che Foo, June 22, to the effect that the marines under M ninr \\ alter, together with 400 Rus- i I " . ' -o?ians, have bad an engagement with the Chinese army near Tien Tsin. They could not break through the line. A force numbering 2,000, the admiral reports, is now ready to make another attempt." The main importance of this dispatch is Admiral KempfTs disclosure that it is the Chinese army, and not the Boxers, who are lighting the foreign troops. A SECOND CABLEGRAM. The navy department Sunday afternoon issued the following bulletin: "A cablegram from Admiral Kempff, dated Che Foo, June 24th, says: "In ambuscade near Tien Tsin, on the 21st, four of Waller's command killed and seven wounded. Names will be furnished as soon as received. Force of 2,000 going to relieve Tien Tsiu today. KcMrFF." Tho secretary of the navy has ordered Admiral Remey to go with the Brooklyn to Taku and to tender General MacArthur conveyance of any army troops which the Brooklyn can carry. Admiral Kempff's dispatch giving lite lirst definite news of tho shedding of American blood on Chinese soil came early Sunday morniug and was turned over to Secretary Long as soon as ho arrived at the department. With Admiral Crowningshield, tho secretary carried the dispatch to the white house, where, on the president's return from church, it was laid before him. Tho determination thereupon was reached to order Admiral Bemey, in command of the Asiatic squadron, from Manila to Taku, on board the armored cruiser Brooklyn. The secretary and Admiral C'owinshield returned to the navy department, where the necessary orders were dispatched to Admiral Remey. The effect of this transfer is to make Taku the headquarters of the Asiatic squad ron. The Brooklyn is expected to sail at once, if possible, as the orders sent contemplate getting the admiral on the scene at the earliest moment. TEKIX WHOLLY ISOLATED. Advices of Monday from London state that the position of the international forces in the section of northern China, where 10,000 men are striving to keep a footing aud succor the legations in PekiD, appears to increase in peril with every fresh dispatch. Pekin has not been heard from direct for fourteen days. The last dispatch was one imploring aid. Admiral Seymour's columu ol 2,000 was last heard from twelve days ago. At that time it was surrounded | midway between Pekin and Tien Tsin. I Possibly now it has reached Pekin. The 3,000 internationals at Tien Tsin wero hard pressed aud fighting for their lives on Thursday aud a relieving force of less than a thousand had been beaten back to Taku Friday. Observers on ttie spot think that 100,000 men would not be too many to grasp China firmly. A message from Shanghai dated Sunday at i p. m. embodies some latei information. It says: "Official Japanese telegrams confirm the reports of a defeat of the allied forces at Tien Tsin. The foreigners there are placed in a most desperate situation. "AmoDg those killed of the relief force Friday was the commander of her majesty's ship Barfleur. The foreign casualities were 300. Captain Beatty and Lientenant Wright, British, have been severely wounded at Tien Tsin, according to a Shanghai dispatch to The London Daily Express, dated Saturday. "DEATH TO FOREIGNERS" Is Import of Placards Being Posted In China By Boxers. At Canton, China, the boxers are posting inflammatory placards, ol which the following is a sample: "Kill all Germans, French, Americans and English. To have peace prevail in the hearts of the people all foreigners should be driven out. This end can be attained in a few days if we unite our strength." The British nradiralty has ordered five more cruisers to go to China. This represents an additional 50,000 tons, the crews aggregating 3,000. YON KKTTLER NOT DEAD, German Minister at Pekln, Reported 31 ordered, I* Safe and Well. The Chinese minister at Berlin, Germany, Lu-Hni-Honan, has informed the foreign office that the German | minister at Fekiu, Baron Von Kette- I ler, who, it was reported, had been killed by the "Boxers," was safe and well. Warships Can Carry Telegrams. The British government has given permission to all British warships between Taku and Che Fc<o, China, to carry telegram, s LOU BET GREETS COMMISSION. President of French Republic Receives American Representatives. President Loubet, at Paris, Friday, received the national commissioners at Elysee palace. They assembled there, and when the entire party had arrived they proceeded to the audi 1 ence room led by Uuited States Ambassador Palmer. President Loubet addressed tbe commissioners, expressing his pleasure in meeting them and j his gratitude to President McKinley. C BRYAN BREAKS LONG SILENCE Nebraskan Talks of Platform and the Vice=Presidency. WILL REAFFIRM OLD PRINCIPLES No Hodification Will Be Entertained, But Other Planks Will Be Added to Document. Hon. William J. Bryan, in an authorized interview given to an Omaha World-IIerald correspondent Monday, broke his long silence on the question of the platform to be adopted at Kansas City July 4th and the candidate for vice president. Mr. Bryan was asked whether he could say anything in regard to the platform to be adopted at Kansas City. He replied: "No one, of conrse, can say what language will be used in setting forth the party principles, but some idea can be obtained as to the general tenor of the platform from the platforms adopted in the state conventions. "As a large majority of the delegates have been elected by conventions which reaffirmed the Chicago platform, it is safe to assume that the Kansas City platform will reaffirm the Chicago platform, and will contain nothing which can be construed as a surrender or modification of that platform on the old issues. It is equally certain that there will be a strong and definite plank against the trnsts. There is also no doubt that the plank against imperialism will be clear and explicit. Militarism will be denounced and sympathy expressed for the Boers. This much is evident from what has already taken place." You have refused to discuss the vice presidency heretofore, Mr. Bryan. Is there any truth in the rumor that e vice president will be chosen whose views on the money question will be attractive to those who opposed the ticket in '96? "It is true that I have refused tc discuss the vice presidency," replied Mr. Bryan, "and I do not care to dc so now, further than to say that I assume that the candidate nominated for vice president will be in harmony with the platform. "The vice president not only presides over the senate while the president is alive, but assumes the office of presi dent in case of the president's death, t - 1 31 ana it is naraiy pu??iuie tua^ ucic(jul? to a national convention would write c platform and then select for eithei place on a ticket a man who would repudiate the platform. No man worthy to be considered for such an office would accept a nomination upon a platform repugnant to his views on any important issue. "In every campaign men support a ticket without approving all the platform, but no one can defend a platform unless he believes in it. Many tarifl reform gold Democrats supported the Republican ticket in '96, although they dissented from the protection plank. But the Republican convention would not have nominated a tarifl reformer on a protection platform. There is sometimes a joint debate be tween candidates of opposing tickets, but not between candidates on the same ticket." MORE BODIES FOUND. Thirty-Seven People Known to Have Mel Death In McDonongh Wreck. A special from McDonongh says Thirty-six mutilated bodies, many pas sengers missing and nine escaped with their lives, is the latest summary oi the frightful wreck on the Macon division of the Southern railroad neai McDonough last Saturday night. Thirty-one bodies had been recovered up to midnight Sunday night. Three bodies were found Mondaj morning?D. Y. Griffith, supervisor W. L. Morrisette, superintended pumping station; J. H. Hunnicutt, freight conductor; charred pieces ol two other bodies. There was still another body, mak ing 37, that could be plainly seen ii the water, but it was pinned down bj a large boulder. T** ? * ? - -- /lia A* Am Jfl6C6 uy tut) tutu uuu uiouiDui bered engine and passenger coachef were pnlled from the abyss Monday. One by one the bodies, lacerated, mutilated, broken and disfigured, were hauled from the death trap and sen to the morgue in McDonough. The gruesome work of clearing th< wreck and rescuing the bodies, while the raiu was falling in torrents, wai watched by thousands of persons wh< waded in water aud mud to their kneei and cheered the workers oa in theii nnpleasant and seemingly hopelesi task. As the bodies were taken from th< wreckage, they were quickly carriec in a caboose to McDcnough, when half the town people were pressed in to service to aid the undertakers. FATAL COLLISION IX WISCONSIN Kxcuralon Train In Smash-Up and Ser?i People Killed. A passenger traiu on the Chicag< aud Northwestern road, londed witl excursionists bound for the sangerfes in Green Bay, Wis., collided at 10:1; o'clock Monday morning with a freigh traiu at Depere, five miles south o Green Bay. Seven persous were kill ed, one is missing and thirty-four weri injured. NAMES OF NEW VESSELS. Warships Are Nominated For States am Cruisers For Cities. The secretary of the navy has au thorized the following names for th new battleships and armored cruisers Battleships?Virginia,Rhode Island Maryland, Colorado and South Dakota Armored cruisers?St. Louis, Mil waukee and Charleston. Teddy In Retirement. A New York dispatch says: Governo Roosevelt, at his Long Island home denies himself to all visitors, excep those haying previous appointments trsirjfMfMfMf^rsjrsi' X SOUTH CAROLINA I ] STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ South Carolina Census. A Washington special says: In a short time the census bureau will begin issuing bulletins giving the population of the different divisions of the country. Without waiting for the report of the twelfth census, it is safe to say that South Carolina will prove a surprise to many, when her population is stated, if the census now being taken proves accurate. This prediction is based not so much on the wonderful industrial development of the state as on the fact that the census of 1890 waB manifestly incorrect, so far as the south was concerned, greater in proportion to the population than in South Carolina. The correctness of this statement is proved by the eleventh census itself. In the south the under count was nearly a million even assuming that the population under ten years of age was correctly stated, and in South Carolina it was 80,000 or nearly one in fourteen. The census shows the number of native born children in each state under ten years of age, and, of course this, in states which show only a small balance of iuter-state migration, means the number of children born during the decade who lived to the end of it. For South Carolina this number was 348,648. To find the gain from births the uumber of persons living in 1880 who died between 1830 and 1890 must be subtracted. On the supposition that the death rate of 1889-1890 was an average of the decade the total number of deaths to be subtracted was 90,702 leaving a gain by births of 245,947 and a population of 1,241,524, less the loss of the state by migration. The change in the number of persons . of foreign birth living in the state was too slight to be an element of this calculation. The loss of the state by intfir-stnte micration was also small. i In 1880 tlio census showed 195,420 more persons born in South Carolina i and living in the United States than > born in the United States and living > in South Carolina. In other words i 195,420 more persons living in 1880 bad moved out of South Carolina than i bad moved into the state. It is safe [ to assnnie that one-sixth of these would i bave died between 1880 and 1890, leaving a balance of inter-state migra tion against the state in 1890 of 162,i 850 left over from 1880. The census of 1890 showed a like i balance. Taking from this the balance \ left over from 1880 only 10,826 remain us the state's loss from inter-state mi, gration between 188) aud 1890. i This taken from the gain by births i (245,947) leaves 235,121 as the total gain and 1,230,698 remain as the pop ulation of the state in 1880 as shown by a cross-examination of the Porter s census instead of only 1,151,149 as i stated on the direct examination. This i shows a difference of 76,549. This difference is based on the prei sumption that the population under ten years of age was reported correctt ly. If the proportion of the missing f population under ten years was as great ? as that over that age the total under i count in 1890 would amount to 110,i 000 and the correct population at that time was 1,260,000. f Even with this number the ra te of , increase between 1880 and 1890 would have been less than that reported be, tween 1870 and 1880. A continuation > of the rate of gain reported between 1870 and 1880 would have given a population of 1,403,712 in 1890. Candor compels the admission that in 1870 l there was an under count and that makes the gain appear larger between . 1870 and 1880 than it really was. If the state gained 10 per cent in poput lation between 1860 and 1870, in spite f of the war, the under count in 1870, amounted to 70,000 and a continua. tion of the true gain between 1880 and 1890 would have given in 1890 a population of 1,280,000. The rate of gain should not have been less between r 1880 and 1890 than between 1870 aud . .1880, for the loss of the state by mi? gration was much less during the latter than daring the former decade. [ The evidences of fraud in 18yu show beyond a reasonable doubt that South Carolina had more than a million and j a quarter people ten years ago, and if r so she has more than 1,550,000 now, for there has been a gain rather than . a loss by migration during the last ten 5 years. If the census of 1900 tells the truth South Carolina will gain a representative in congress. If, like the J census of 1890, it is taken for political t effect rather than for an accurate statement of the statistical condition of the , country, she may lose one, for a con3 tinuation of the under count in the g gain between 1880 and 1890 would , give fewer than 1,275,000 people in 3 1900. c ** 3 Dr. Kendall Off For Europe. Dr. F. D. Kendall left Columbia 5 the past week for a tour of the Euro1 pean hospitals, visiting the principa.l 3 cities of Ireland, Scotland, England, . Italy and France. Mrs. Keudall and son accompanied the . doctor. Thev will visit the Paris Exposition and the Passion Play at Oberammergau. % i Campaigners Take a Rest. The state Democratic campaign 3 stops until July 10th, on which day it, i will be resumed at Georgetown. This t skip is to allow the candidates who 5 are delegates to the national Demot cratic convention to go to Kansas City f and assist in tho nomination of W. J. - Bryan for president. The arranges ments for the trip of South Carolina's delegation have been about completed bv Col. Wilie Jones and Senator Tillman, No official folder has been j | issued, however, giving the route and - i all information, as lias been done in _ Georgia. 0 In that state a neat folder has been . sent out, giving pictures of the interior and exterior of the convention i#. ball, the schedules and complete de. tails of the trip. The South Carolina delegation is to assemble in Columbia on June 30, and will leave on the ntorning of July 1 r via the Southern in a chartered Pull(, man car. The train will leave Columt bia at 11:40 a. m., going by way of Spartanburg, Chattanooga and Memphis) the most direct route, reaching Parker Rye None Purer, < 7 I None Better. I I R. H. Parker,; Nelson Co., Ky. \ Ask for it at all dispensaries!1 r I = I Kansas City at 0:45 a. m., July 3. c The railroad fare for the whole trip is i $27 and the Pullmau fare will be $0.50 1 additional. i Senator Tillman has in charge the arrangements for the hotel accoinmo- { dations at Kansas City. The delegation will probably be 1 away until about the 9th of July. Governor MoSweeney may have to ( miss the Georgetown campaign meet-. ( ing upon his return inasmuch as he has promised to make the address o? I welcome to the teachers of the nation < in Charleston at the meeting of the i sessions of the National Editorial Association. Fnlt Delegations. South Carolina will have good delegations at the National Baptist Young I People's Union convention, to be held l in Cincinnati July 12th to 15th. The < delegation expects to go by way of i Mammoth Cave, Ky., and see this I remarkable work of nature. Tickets ? Trill be sold at one fare for the round trip and half rates will prevail at the ? cave. < 1 Bis Criminal Docket. The court of general sessions at Co- 1 lumbia has opened for its summer ' term. The criminal business promises j to be very heavy. Together with the cases brought over from the last term on account of the mistrials and con- I tinuances, there will be twelve homi- < cide cases to be disposed of at this term of court. Among them is the case of Mrs. Belle Graddick, who is charged with poisoning her husband with arsenic. She has been in jail since the last term of court, having Koan nnablft to ffivfl the bond allowed o by the state supreme caurt. The homi- ; cide record of the county has been lamentably bad for the past twelve 1 months. The court will doubtless oo- ^ cupy the full time allowed by law, and 1 then considerable civil business will have to go over until the next term. PROMINENT PEOPLE. , Queen Wilhelmlna of Holland will 1 visit Queen Victoria in September. William Rockefeller has been sue- 1 ccssfully operated upon for appendici- J tls. President Eliot, of Harvard, is to i make another tour of the West this summer. i . The Emperor of Austria is supplied with a private newspaper, which' ho reads every day. Congressman Gilbert, of Tennessee, , has some literary ability and has written some very fair humorous verse. Joseph Chamberlain smokes black cigars, drinks strong tea and never takes exercise of any kind when he can avoid It. General Roberts Is one of the best swordsmen In the British army. He is ] also an expert with the lance, and in earlier days won several prizes through these accomplishments. King Otto of Bavaria has now some lucid intervals, The physicians think that the physical malady of tire insane monarch (cancer of the bladder) is the cause of his mental derangement. Jules Verne lives at Amiens, where lie has a fine villa, with a large garden, In the quietest street. He is ?eventy-two years old, and his chief amusements are going to the theater and taking an occasional walk. Queen Victoria's personal family is a very large one. She herself has had seven sons and daughters. They have had thirty-two children, her grandchilnn/i horo nm t Vi irt v-four creat grandchildren, making a total of sev- ] enty-tbree descendants. Piet Cronje, the famous Boer general, is of French extraction. His ap- i cestor, Pierre Crognet or Crosnier, 1 Was a French refugee who left France 3 owing to the revocation of the Edict : of Nantes. Cronje is a Dutch phonetic spelling of the French name ' Crognet or Crosnier. 3 DWELLING HOUSE SUBMERGED. 1 Florida Family Had Narrow Escape From j Being Burled Alive. j Sunday night the house of John j Cleary, two miles from Ocala, Fla., j without warning, but with loud creakings, sank into the ground up to the eaves. The inmates had a narrow escape. The house was located in a bowl-like depression, and water had gathered about the house nntil it was two feet deep. While the family where at meals, a rumbling noise- was heard and the house began shaking. The family rushed out and the house sank immediately. One end was caught on a projecting tree, while the rest with the furniture, etc., was buried underground. TAYLOR IN BAD HEALTH. Kentuckinn Gmr to Niagara Falls, and Is Followed By Detectives. Broken in health and spirits, ex: Governor W. S. Taylor, of Kentucky, started for Niagara Falls from PhilaI delpbia Monday night. He was accompanied by Mrs. Tajlor, aud four \ detectives followed close at their heels. Two of the officers represented the state of Kentucky and bear warrants for the arrest of Mr. Taylor upon rhnrcres srrowing out of the assassina o* w ; tion of Governor Goebel. The other two are employed by Mr. Taylor to I guard his person. fKCC MAIMS Atl 1TC. Resident Steyn's Forces Are Now Engaging the Attention of Lord Roberts' Army. A London special of Friday says: Jeneral Steyn's forces in the Orange liver colony are for the time drawing oost of the attention of Lord Robrts, rather to the neglect of Com andant General Loais Botha and 'resident Kruger. The severance between the Transaal and Orange River colony was ompleted Thursday, as Lord Roberts aid it would be, by the arrival oi Jeneral Buller's advance guard, under liord Dundonald, at Standerson. The wide net arowid the G.000 or 1,000 men under General Steyn will low contract. Adroit maneuvering tod brisk lighting are likely to take ilace, because until ell resistance louth of the Vaal is at an end the British line of communication will not >e safe. Pwsident Kruger's sons, who surendered to General Baden-Powell, are >ack on their farms working peacefuly. General Baden-Powell rode with inly 300 men from Mafeking, and he nade the last section of this ride to ?retoria with only thirty-five. Lord Roberts met him in the outskirts of he town and escorted him to the iresidency. General Dewet's farm houses have ieen burned by the British. General Buller has issued a special irder eulogizing the service of Strath:ona's Horse. Captain Jones and the brigade from ler majesty's ship Forte have been orlered back to the ship at the admiral's equest. The Netherlands Bailroad Company if South Africa has received official lotification of the expulsion from the rransvaal of 100 of its employees with heir families. The Dutch consul at Lourenzo Marques telegraphs that a proclamation has been issued. to tne effect that the company's officials who efuse to do British military work will ^e sent back to Europe via east LonIon, Cape Colony. Advices from Dourenzo Marques itato that President Kruger's principal condition for immediate peace is that ae be allowed to stay in the country. There are 50,000 British sick and ivounded at Pretoria. Mrs. Beitz, wife >( the Transvaal state secretary, and her family, who arrived at Lourenzo Marques en route for Europe, had so little money that the Dutch consul purchased second class steamship tick3ts for them. CZAR A CENSOR. [flsnes Stringent Rales For Newspaper Correspondents. The Vienna correspondent of The Loudon Daily Express says that the Russian minister of the interior, M. Sipaguine, has issued the following instructions for the guidance of newspapers in dealing with the far eastern situation: "1. No reference to the movement of Russian troops or warships. "2. Papers must bear in mind that the czar is actuated only by a desire to maintain peace and a good will, among the nations. "3. No gossip about differences among the powers that would be displeasing to the government. "4. No criticism of Russian diplomacy or of military or naval strategy. "Fifth, editorial writers should reCOJIOCI IIISI xvusbia ao ouvovtuuu i.v predominate in Asia. "6. Comparisons may be made between Bassian and foreign troops and seamen when unfavorable to foreigners. " FUNDS FOR HONOLULU BANL. United States Coin Is Shipped to Islands, on Steamer, The steamer China sailed from San Francisco Friday for the Orient with a large number of passengers, among them Macfarlen and Brenner, of the treasury department, who have $750,000 in United States coin to deposit in the American bank at Honolulu. The institution will become the first national bank of Hawaii. The funds are to be used in paying outstanding bonds of Hawaiians. Costly Blaze In Plttsbnrg. Fire in Pittsburg, Pa., Friday, destroyed eight buildings in the principal business block of the city causing a loss aggregating $250,000. "INEVITABLE ACT OF GOD" [ Explanation of Railroad Official Regarding Fearfnl Wreck. Southern railway officials who could be induced to talk about the wreck near MoDonough, Ga., Saturday night, were very guarded in their statements. They claim that the * - - - -! i. L. washout was due 10 no inner em, weakness iu the solidity of the roadbed or the trestle spanning the creek into which the train was plunged. Superintendent Jones, of the Macon division, on which the wreck occurred, refers to the affair as "one of the meritable acts of God." POSSE NOT SEEDED. The Situation In St. Ix>uit It Ifow Apparently Peaceful. In accordance with instructions issued by the St. Louis board of police commissioners to Sheriff Pohlmau Friday afternoon, the posse comitatatus will ho reduced to 500 men. Unless the situation grows worse the men will not be recalled nntil the Fourth of July, when it is expected about 1,500 men will be on duty. Cars are running 011 every division a. T1---."i*- oAmnonr'# linpfi without U1 ILIU lluuon ? molestation. RECEIVER APPOINTED For Wellhonse A Sons, Wholesale Paper Dealer*, at Atlanta, Oa. A. Steiner, president of the Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company, has been appointed receiver for Wellhouse & Sons, one of the largest wholesale paper houses in the city, as the result of a petition filed in the United States circuit court by alleged creditors of tbe company. The appointment was made by Judge William T? Newman. - >> -v. '' # I RAIN 111 I In tU; THIRTY KILLED Q?wm y. >& _______ A& Fearful Wreck Occurs Oa \3 Southern Railway; , CAUSED BY A WASBOUT Loss of Life Greatest Ever Known In Railway Accidents In the South's History. * * -'M Passenger train No. 7, on the Southern road, due in Atlanta at 9:45 p. m., & ran into a washout over Camp creek ~ Qatn.A.w ninlif Af Q ?OA A'AIAAV A(IA ?J?VUAU?J iilgUV ? V.UV U VtWA VUV mile and a half north of McDonough, Ga., which is twenty miles south of J Atlanta, and thirty-one people were killed outright. The train left Macon en schedule * -:~i time. It was made up of su engine. No. 864, and three cars. The car next to the engine was a combination affair, part of it being used for baggage and part of it for passengers. The next coach was a first-class passenger coach, ||| while the third one was a Pullman car. The rnn from Macon to McDonough was made in a heavy storm which had boen prevailing for many hours. At McDonough the usual stop was ' made, and the train pulled out for At- yr% lanta. One mile and a half north of McDonough was a culvert over Gamp creek, which had stood the storms few many years. Either a cloudburst or the heavy rush of the waters after dark . 1 Saturday night washed away quite a > section, leaving an immense gap. . The train rushing along- plunged wildly into this gap, and in a seoond the tender was piled upon the engine . |9 and the cars upon cars in an extrica* ble mass. Immediately after the cars went down fire began to spread among them, and what destruction the fall did not accomplish, the flames about completed. Of the thirty-one killed, til except * two were lifeless bodies when rescued from the flames, the scalding steam, .' $ and the raging waters of the creek, ; ^ swollen by heavy rains into a torrent Only nine persons were rescued. None of them are seriously injured. The wreck is said by railroad officials who visited the scene to the most disastrous in the history of the state. Only a few moments were required jjjj to arouse the people of McDonough to Jl the fact that the most horrible railroad wreck the state had ever known had | occurred within two miles of their The scene when they reached the place where the accident occurred beg- ;^jj gared description. All that remained of the train was a mass of ruins that xjj in the dim light appeared to be only a mass of splinters. A number of thrilling rescues were ?30 made. The manner in which the only two women were rescued was remarkable. Miss Mary B. Merritt is bf Boston, where she is a teacher in a school of oratory. She and her pupil, Miss Clara Alden, also of Boston, had been visiting in Macon and were en 1 route to Boston. Both occupied berths in the Pullman. When the . -M ? a - .1 a j iv.:_ J ; * plunge was maae mey iuuuu i>uou cuu ^ of the car almost entirely submerged. :M Going upon the platform, which was #1 an exhibition of nerve since the water % was almost to their chins, they climbed .; ?! to the roof of the Pullman and walked up the inclined car to the further end, where they stood calling for help. , /? They were the first to be rescued. A rope was thrown, which each in turn J grasped and in that manner were ' - ? carried safely to the point from which the cars had fallen. The list of thoee killed is as follows: Passengers?W. W. Iparks, W. P. js Maddox, George W. Flournoy, W. J; 1^8 Pate, Jesse Pate, aged 13, son of W. ' ^ J. Pate?all of Atlanta, Ge. . s3| D. C. Hightower, Stockbridge, Ga.' J. L. Florida, Nashville, Tenn. The crew?J. Sullivan, engineer ':? of the wrecked train, Atlanta; W. A. Barclay, conductor; H. B, Cress- ' man, conductor of Pullman on the wrecked train; W, H. Green, fireman; ~ W. W. Bennett, baggage master. Employees of the road who were on - J fatal train?J. H. Hunnicut, conductor, Atlanta; J. E. Wood, conductor, k ai ? a- . n. V ntumnaAr ("3! Aliauw, U X? UiJiutu, >W|WIW?<| FlavilJak Ga.; W. B. Lawrence, fore- | man, Stockbridge, Ga.; W. 0. Ellis, bridgeman, Stockbridge, Ga.; John Brantley, fireman, Atlanta; J. H. S Rhodes, flagman; W. I. Morrissette, repairer, Pocahontas, Va.; Ed Byrd, negro fireman; Robert Spencer, negro porter. Unidentified?Bodies of four white men; one snpposed to be Robert Buchanan, of Atlanta, and one G. M. Seewall, of Chicago; bodies of fire 38 negro men. COMMISSIONERS SUMMONED |jj To Show Canse Why Convict Camp Should ; ; > Not Bo Abolished. The connty commissioners of Coffee county, Ga., hare been ordered to ap- % . pear before Governor Candler and the state prison commission on July 5th, at 10 o'clock, to show canse *ky the convict tamp operated in Coffee county should not be abolished. The charges against the management of the Coffee county camp are of a serious nature, involving alleged bad treatment of the inmates and an apparent disregard of the health and life -' AU/\ namn Ui fcUC i BRIAN HOLDS CONFERENCE. Hearst, Cook and Jones Hare Talk Witk Nebraakan In Chicago. William Jennings Bryan, before leaving Cli icago Sunday night, held a conference with William- B. Hearst, of New York, Sam B. Cook, candidate for secretary of state of Missouri, and Chairman Jones, of the Democratic ->> national executive committee. After the > | conference Mr. Bryan refused to be ia