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ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 5,1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. i|
BETWEEN FIRE
Hundreds of Peo
Death at Ho
PIERS UNO 1 SHIPS BURR
- i
Victims Were Cot Off From All Possible
Escape?Property Loss of Steam,
skip Company Will Aggregate
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A New York snpHal savs: Almost 1
$10,000,000 worth of property was de- 1
stroyed, many lives were lost, many (
persons were injured and at least 1,500 ;
lives were imperiled by a fire that i
started among cotton bales under pier 1
3 of the North German Lloyd Steam- |
ship Company in Hoboken, N. J., at
4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. ]
In less than fifteen minutes the i
flames covered an area a quarter of a 1
mile long, extending outward from the J
actual shore line to the bulkheads, ,
from 600 to 1,000 feet away, and had |
ignited four great oceau liners and a ,
dozen or more smaller harbor craft in \
its grasp. i
Stories in regard to the loss of life (
immediately after the fire were con- <
Acting, the number being variously j
estimated from fifty to two hundred. ;
Up to midnight Saturday night ten j
bodies bad been recovered, but they
were so badly burned that identification ]
was impossible. r
The hospitals in New York, Hobo- j
ken and Jersey City are crowded with ^
the injured.
From what can be learned the flames (
started among a large pile of cotton (
bales on pier 2 of the North German j
* Lloyd Steamship company and spread t
with such rapidity that in fifteen min- t
nte8 the entire property of the company,
covering over a mile of water t
front "and consisting of three great s
piers, was completely enveloped in
flames. (
The people on the piers and on the c
numerous vessels docked were unable ]
to reach the street. There were great t
gengs of workmen on the piers and c
these, together with a number of peo- a
pie who were at the docks on business
and visitiug the ships, scattered in all (
directions. As all means of exit were a
cut off by the flames, they were forced a
to jump overboard, and it is believed T
great number v^ere drowned. t
At the docks of the North German ]
Lloyd were the Saale, a single screw
passenger ship of 4,965 gross tons; t
the Bremen, a twin screw freight and
passenger ship of 10,526 tons, and the i
Main, a twin screw freight and passen- t
ger ship of 10,200 gross tons. They
all caught fire and were burned to the c
water's edge. The Kaiser Wilhelm ?
der Grosse, which had just come in, ]
was the only one of the four big ves- i
sels at the docks that escaped. v p
The loss of the crews of these vessels
is said to reach one hundred. ft
The steamship Saale had been towed q
down the river until it was just off
Fort Liberty, where she had gathered D
about her a ring of fireboats and tugs, v
all fighting to save at least her hull. $
At varying distances about the burning
ship lay coal and cotton barges, all D
ablaze, each with one or more tugs a
playing water upon it Some of these
;? barges and lighters were loaded with t
' very inflammable stuff, and the flames o
leaped high in the air, while the heat 0
was so terrific that it was not possible
to use the small hose of the tugs. ^
Along the Jersey shore small fires e
- were blazing, started by the wreckage ^
from the great ships. - v
On the New York side of the river d
the fire caused the greatest excitement i
as the drifting steamships floated, n
all aflame, to the shore and brushed t,
against the piers from Canal to Murray
streets. The fire department was b
called out at various points, and the b
spectacle was presented of the fire- c
men on shore trying to fight fires b
at every minute changing their situa- b
tion. |<
There were hundreds of men on each q
of the destroyed steamships and a few 0
women. Crowds of dock laborers and !/
also employees of the companies were j,
on all the piers. Men, women and a
children were on the canal boats, and g
MILL ALSO VISITS LINCOLN.
ft j I *
ir Bx-Qovernor of New York Holds a
Conference With Bryan. D
Former Governor David 13. Hill, of b
New York, accompanied by his private ti
r secretary, P. J. Manwiller, and Gen- ^
oral J, 8. McEwan, of Albany, arrived r
at Kansas City Saturday from St. ^
Louis, having left Albany on Friday.
: Within two hoars after his arrival
. Governor Hill departed for Lincoln to
hold a conference with Mr. Bryan.
Four of Fishing Party Drowned. F
Four persons of a fishing party of C
eight were drowned in the BostoD, a
Mass., harbor Sunday by the overturn- n
ing of their craft, a twenty-five foot n
boat , G
AflCRICANS ABANDONED GUNS.
Corrected Report of Casualties Among T
Our Troops at Pekin.
The greatest anxiety exists concerning
the foreigners at Pekin. Admiral ti
Kempfif believes large re-enforcements F
ate necessary to reach Pekin. Major f<
Waller's command,, with 400 Russians, n
was ambushed three miles from Tien n
Tsin on June 21st. They were com- h
polled to retreat. a
The Americans abandoned a three- n
inch rifle and a colts gun, losing four' h
killed and seven wounded. S
CLARK HAS FULL HAND.
Goes to Democratic Convention Pre- R
pared to Help Boom Things.
W. A Clark, who is reputed to be
ready to contribute SI,000,000 to the s<
Democratic fund provided he is given n
recognition and a seat for himself aud v
delegates at the national convention,
left Butte by special train for Kausas h
City Saturday with his contesting li
delegation. Mr. Clark also took with c
him a brass band and half a hundred e
of fritnd?t v
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; AND WATER
pie Meet Tragic
boken, N. J.
men on the barges and lighters, and
when the fire made its quick descent
upon them escape was cut off before
they realized their awful position.
The people on the piers jumped in
the water to save themselves, and
scores of men huddled under the
piers, clinging to the 6npports, only
to be suffocated by the flames or to
Irop back in the water from exhaustion.
The greatest loss of lifo appears
to have been on the Saale.
Up to 11 o'clock Sunday night only
eighteen bodies had been recovered.
Eleven of these were pl&oed in a row
at the morgue in New York city aDd
numbered, this being the only means
nf obtaining any sort of identity over
the corpses.
The only way the steamship officials
have of approximating the loss of life
is by comparing the list of those reported
safe with the list of the employes
of the steamships. Late Sunlay
night Gnstav Schwab, general
agent of the North German Lloyd line,
?ave out a list showing what men on
?ach vessel had been missing up to
that hour. On the Saale 255 men
irere employed and 127 of these had
>nly been accounted for up to 11
Vclock, leaving 128 men actually employed
as officers, sailors, engineers,
ioal passers, oilers and trimmers to be
accounted for.
The Bremen had 204 men on board,
aut only 127 of these have been found,
rhe Mam had only 137 on her at the
;ime and of these 76 have been reported
safe. ?
The North German Lloyd officials
leny that any passenger was lost, and
leclare that few, if any, visitors pershed,
and that the loss of life was alnost
entirely among the employes of
he company.
The loss on the steamship proper
nn.mv\iaa ia
ICO OLI Li l VI UIUC& vwv??Mw*v%>y
ipproximately, as follows:
The steamship Main, of the North
Jerman Lloyd line, cost $1,500,000
mtside of the cargo, fitting and stores.
The loss is placed at $1,200,000 for
he vessel and about $400,000 for the
argo fittings and stores that were
iboard of her.
The steamship Bremen, of the North
German Lloyd line, cost $1,200,000
ind her fittings and cargo were valued
it $300,000.) The cargo and stores
rere entirely consumed and the loss
o the vessel proper will amount to at
east $700,000. She is beached off
Veehawken, entirely destroyed, save
ier machinery. ,
The Saale, the steamship which will
tave the most horrible story of death
o uufold when the divers go down in
ier, cost the North German Lloyd
ompany $1,250,000, and the fittings
,nd the cargo were valued at $300,000.
ihe Saale is beached at Ellis island.
?he damage to the vessel proper is
>laced at about $600,000.
The damage done to the Kaiser Wiltelm
der Grosse is estimated at $25,00.
The three docks of the North German
Loyd line which burned to the
rater's edge are estimated to have cost
300,000.
The docks were well filled with
aercliandise just received from abroad
nd valued at $350,000.
The Thing valla pier, which was enirely
consumed, was valued at $50,00,
counting the stores which were
n it
T'Vio TTomA moriVon linA fJncV.
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rhich bad just* been completed as an
xtension to their great pier, and
rhich was destroyed in order to preent
the spread of the dames, was
amaged to the extent of $5,000.
?his was the only loss they sustained
8 the steamer Phonenicia, contrary
o reports, was not even scorched.
Of the warehouses of Palmer Camp>ell,
houses E, F, G and H were
nrned. Mr. Campbell said that he
ould not give a definite estimate of
is losses just now, but the damage to
wildings alone would amount to at
?ast $50,003, and the contents $1,250,*
00. Had the fire occurred at any
ther time of the year, he said, the
!)ss would have been much greater, as
ist at the present time the imports
re very light and the houses not well
lied. . : .
President Pardons Lawyer.
Lowery Humes, formerly a promient
lawyer of Memphis, Tenn., has
een released from the Ohio peniteniary
on a commutation of sentence by
be president. He was convicted of
staining $15 over the amount allowed
y law from the pension secured for a
lient.
Britons Surround Boers.
According to a report received in
Pretoria from Missels farm General
Ilery, with the Fourth brigade, has
rrived at that place, which is nine
liles from Standerton. His move?.
1hamminor in nf
JCUI WLupirico luu u..~D ?
reneral Dewet.
ANCIENT SPANISH CANNON
o Mark Lieutenant Brumby's Resting
Place Arrive In Atlanta.
The two ancient bronze cannon capired
by the American troops in the
'hilipines and taken from the Spanish
>rt at Manila, arrfved in Atlanta Satrdiiy
and will adorn the handsome
lonument which is to be erected in
onor of the memory of Flag Lieutennt
Tom Brumby, who was with Adliral
Dewey wheu he dashed into the
arbor of Manila and silenced the
punish batteries.
SLEW FIFTY FILIPINOS.
[esult of a Week's Scouting By Our
Troops In Luzon.
A Manila special says: A week's
couting in northern Luzon resulted
a fifty rebels being killed and forty
rounded. One American was killed.
of?nrr in north Ilocos
**VV^O ? iave
burned six of the barracks beDngiug
to General Tino's forces and
aptured Tino's correspondence. Genral
Tino, with 200 of his men armed
rith rides, succeeding in escaping,
PROHIPARTY
IN CONVENTION
(lathered In Chicago With Nearly
Seven Huodred Delegates.
A ONE-PLANK PLATFORM.
Campaign Will Be Waged Solely
Against Liquor Traffic.
I
The prohibition party will make its
national campaign this year upon a
platform of a single issue?the liquor
traffic?all other issues being subordinated
to this one question.
The national convention of the prohibitionists
met in Chicago "Wednesday
and in three sessions, morning, afternoon
and evening, cleared up all business
except the nominations for president
and vice president, which went
over for Thursday morning. The
convention in point of numbers was
considered ono of the greatest ever
i held by the advocates of cold water.
Just privious to the fall of the gavel
the delegates from New England states
marched into the hall in a body, each
carrying a canteen stamped with the
letters U. S. inverted and bearing the
legend "Anti-Cauteen." They were
liberally applauded. After the convention
was called to order Chairman
Stewart proceeded to deliver a formal
address.
The report of the committee on permanent
organization and order of business
recommended Samuel Dickie, of
Michigan, for permanent chairmaD
and Colonel R. S. Cheves, of Tennessee,
for permanent secretary. It was
adopted. The platform says in part:
"We declare there is no principle
now advocated by any other party
which could be made a fact in government
with such beneficent, moral and
material results as the principle of prohibition,
applied to the beverage liquor
traffic, that the national interest
could not be promoted in any otner
way so surely and widely as by its assertion,
through a national policy and
the co-operation therein of every state,
forbidding the manufacture, sale, exportation,
importation and transportation
of intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes; that we stand for this as
the only principle proposed by any
party anywhere for the settlement of a
question greater and graver than any
other before the American people and
involving more profoundly than any
other their future, and financial welfare
and all the patriotic citizenship of this
country agreed upon this principle,
however much disagreement there
may be to minor considerations and
issues, should stand together at the
ballot box from this time forward until
prohibition is an established fact in
the United States with a party in
power to enforce it and to ensure its
moral and material benefits.
44 We submit that the Democratic and
Republican parties are alike insincere
I m a.onmul rmllVr tft tmsts find
AU luvu aoouuiuu ^v4?Vj ?
monopolies. They, dare not and do
not attack the most dangerous of them
all, the liquor power. So loDg as the
saloon debauches the citizen and
breeds the purchasable voter, money
will continue to buy its way to power.
Break down this traffic, elevate manhood
and a sober citizenship will find
a way to control dangero'us combinations
of capital."
The platform was received with the
wildest enthusiasm. Every sentence
in condemnation of President McKinley
was greated with shouts of approval
and cries of "hit him again," the
delegates standing on their chairs and
yelling themselves hoarse.
"I have another resolution commended
by the committee on resolutions,"
said Professor Hopkins, the
chairman. He then read the following:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of
this convention that the right of ballot
shall not be denied any citizen on account
of sex."
After considerable discussion was had
a rising vote was called for, and the
platform and additional resolution favoring
woman suffrage was adopted
by a practically unanimous vote, amid
a tempest of cheers. Some delegate
started "Blessed Be the Tie That
Binds," and the whole assemblage
joined in a thunderous soDg of praise,
even the throngs in the gallery taking
up the old hymn.
The convention then adjoorned until
9:80 o'clock Thursday morning.
INAUGURATION OF DOLE
Makes Third Epoch In Amerlcan-Hawaliaa
History.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
The last of the three great epochmaking
events in the history of the annexation
of the Hawaiian islands
to the United States of America, took
place Thursday morning when Governor
S. B. Dole, first executive of the
American territory, was inaugurated.
The oath of office was taken and the
inaugural address delivered on the
spot that was the scene of the other
two events?the reading of the allimportant
proclamation of 1893 and
the flag-raising of 1898.
QUEEN WELCOflES KHEDIVE.
Head Potentate of Egypt Visits Windsor
Castle In 5tate.
A London dispatch says: The khedive
of Egypt paid a state visit to
Queen Victoria at Windsor cftstle
Thursday afternoou. Accompanied by
the Duke of York and the Turkish
ambassador, he drove in state, escorted
by household cavalry, to the Paddington
railroad station, wheuce lie
ook a train for Windsor. The Dnko
>f Connaught there joined tho party
?nd accompanied his highness to the
ustle.
TO SURPRISE DEFENSE.
Prosecution In Ooebel Case Have Card
Up Their Sleeve.
A Frankfort, Ky., dispatch says:
Governor Beckham, at tho instance oi
T. Campbell, has made requisition on
Governor Tyler, of Virginia, for a
Goebel suspect whose name is withheld.
It is said this arrest will surprise
the defense. Frankliu county
officers left Thursday night for Biek*
moBch
WARNER RAISED ROW
Ohio Man Denounced at Meeting
of Monetary League For Belittling
"16 to i."
The placidity of tbo meeting of the
United States Monetary League at
Kansas City Monday was considerably
ruftled in the closing hours by stateraents-from
General A. J. Warner, of
Ohio, who was a volunteer speaker,
takiDg the time and place which had
been assigned to Mr. Sulzer, who failed
to appear.
General Warner was introduced by
ex-Governor St. John, who called him
the father of the cause of free silver.
General Warner caused the first flutter
of excitement by 6aying that so far as
he knew there was no proposition to
chancre tho ratio of coinage. The live
question of the hour, he added, is to
get silver restored1 to its place, where
it would hare the satqe rights as gold.
"I don't cane anything about the
ratio of 16 to 1,* he said. "Get silver
restored," he added. "Catch your
hare first, then cook it. Regulate
silver automatically and you settle the
question. I sometimes think we have
laid too much stress ou 15 to 1. I am
iu favor of it, but there are and must
always be conditions which may
change the ratio."
Mr. Berry, of Pennsylvania, interrupted
and asked if General Warner
was not giving away some of the secrets
of the platform. Before General
Warner could reply, Mr. Harvey asked
him:
"Do you understand the history of
free coinage?"
General Warner replied without
perturbation that he had made a study
of it, and he begged leave to say to
Mr. Harvey and others that there had
been no legal action taken by congress
on the question of ratio.
Interruptions followed with rapidity
and exceptions to the speaker's views
became heated. Waiting a moment for
- ? ^ 1 tit
quier, vjeuerai n aruer wuuuucu,
"I tell you the qaestion of 16 to 1
is goiDg to cut little figure in this
campaign. The issues will be antiimperialism
and trusts, and what we
should do for humanity, and the question
of ratio will sink into infinitesimal
insignificance."
Mr. Harvey leaped upon a table,
and repeating former statements, he
added:
"If the people do not instruct congress
before election on the question
of ratio, congress would never agree.
And I stand here to say to you," pointing
to General Warner, "16 to 1 has
been demanded by our leader, Colonel
Bryan, and we will follow his lead."
BROWN APPOINTED
To Succeed Coh L. N. Trammel!,
Deceased, on the Georgia State
Railroad Commission.
Hon. Pope Brown,of Pulaski county,
has been appointed railroad commissioner
for Georgia by Governor Candler
to succeed the late Colonel L. N.
Trammell.
Mf. Brown has been in close touch
with the governor for a number of
years, and in addition to that he is one
of the strongest men in the state. The
governor intimated he would appoint
a farmer on the board and that the
man would come from middle Georgia
and Mr. Brown was picked rfht as being
the next commissioner.
The appointment of Mr. Brown will
be until the next meeting of the general
assembly in October, when he will
again be appointed by the governor
and his name sent to the senate for
confirmation. Mr. Brown will fill the
unexpired term of Mr. Trammell,
which is for five years.
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xne salary 01 iue omue ia v>i,uuu pei
annum.
Hon. Pope Brown's personal history
began on a farm in Pulaski county,
but be was given a good education and
graduated at Mercer university. After
that he went into the cotton business
at a Kawkinsville warehouse, where
he was quite successful. About twenty
years ago Mr. Brown, then a young
man, decided that business methods
applied to farming would reap as good
a reward as in other pursuits. Accordingly
be bought laud on credit and
went to farming.
Since that time, out of the products
of the soil, he has bought and paid
for 5,000 acres of the best land in Pulaski
county. He spends most of his
time on the farm in active charge of
its operations.
"Jim Crow" Law Effective.
What is known as the "Jim Crow"
car law, providing for the separation
of whites and blacks on railway trains,
went into operation in Virginia July
1st, and so far seems to be working
smoothly. No trouble is reported on
any of the lines centering in Richmond.
Conference Called By Culver.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Culver, of Alabama, has issued a call
for a conference of bankers, warehousemen,
commission men and planters
to meet at Montgomery on July
18th.
ALLEGED HURDERER CAUOHT.
Negro With Many Aliases Captured
at Pensacola, Fla.
Will Smith, a notorious negro with
several aliases, was arrested in Pensacola,
Fla., Monday night on the charge
of killing W. B. Moore, of Grovetown,
Ga., on May 19th, at Molioa, Fla.
Seven negroes have now been arrested
in connection with the killing, but
Smith is the one who tired the fatal
shot from a Winchester, which struck
young Moore in the neck, instantly
killing him.
END OF ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
Officials and Employees of Transit
Company Sign Agreement.
An agreement drawn up between the
St. Louis Transit company and its
former employees was signed Monday
night by representatives of the Transit
company and by the executive committee
of the employees, which ends
the strike.
The provisions of the agreement of
March 10, 1900, as to the rates of pay
aud hours of service will be continued
?"c force by the company,
SITUATION GROWING
MORE GOHPLIGATED
Rebellion In Chins Shows Greater
Strength Each Day.
GOVERNMENT POWERLESS
Butchery of Von Ketteler Indicates
Ferocity of Boxers.
A Washington special says: Complications
in China, the posibility of
an extra session of congress and the
probable recall of President McKinley
to Washington from Canton, over*!.?
TT ?nnon Pifw flnnroniifiri
BUttUU W B Ilia JLIOUDBO V??J WU1VI4..VU
and dwarfs the Republican campaign.
A member of the cabinet, who is familiar
with all the details of the Chinese
question, so far as official developments
are concerned, in commenting
npon Admiral Kempff's latest
official dispatch from Che Foo, says
the point had not been reached to
justify the United States in making a
formal declaration of war against the
Chinese government.
"It is evident from the information
we have received," he went on to say,
"that China is in a state of revolt,
and the government of the empire is
unable to put down the uprising prevailing
in Pekin and vicinity. We
have received many conflicting reports
and thus far we have no direct evidence
that the Chinese government is
responsible for the depredations already
committed on foreigners."
"To what extent must the Chinese
go before our government will?be warranted
in formally declaring war?" I
asked.
"That depends entirely upon circumstances,"
replied the cabinet officer.
"There are many questions to be
considered before taking such a step.
First, we must be assured that the
Chinese government has violated the
laws of iuterconrse supposed to exist
between friendly powers. Then, we
must be certain that tho government
is a participant in the depredations
against representatives and citizens of
the United States, or indirectly sympathizing
and encouraging the violators
of international agreements.
"In addition, we must consider
whether it will be to our advantage to
go to war with China or whether we
can protect the rights of our citizens
without going to that extreme.
KKTTELEB HACKED TO PIECES.
Official dispatches received by the
consular body at Shanghai confirm in
the fullest manner the report of the
butchery of Baron Vau Xetteler, the
German minister, on Jnne 18th. The
ambassador was riding on Legation
street when he was attacked by Chinese
troops and boxers, dragged from
his horse and killed. His body wa3
hacked to pieces with swords. The
German legation and six other buildings
were bnrned and a number of
servants of the legation were killed
and their bodies thrown into the
flames.
Official confirmation of this ghastly
business has created the utmost consternation
among the consuls general
of the powers who express fears that a
war l'outrance will be declared against
the Pekin government The consuls
entertain little hope that any foreigners
are left alive in the capital.
There were 100 foreigners connected
with the legations, fifty in the custom
house. English and American touribts
and others to the number of 150,
and nearly 500 legation guards.
WORST STORIES CONFIRMED.
Bad news was received in Washington
Monday morning from Admiral
Kempfif, concerning the worst stories
which have emanated from China relative
to the conditions at Pekin and
a feeling of disquiet was noticeable
among administration officials and
diplomats. The German embassy
showed particular anxiety for information
respecting the sad end of Baron
von Ketteler, and in the course of
I the afternoon Secretary Hermann, of
! the embassy, paid a special visit to
the state department to inquire. M.
Thiebaut, the charge of the French
.embassy, also called in quest of information,
it was said. These visits
revived rumors that an effort is afoot
to reach an international agreement
respecting the conduct of the forces
of the powers in China.
NOAKS DEPENDS ON ALIBI.
Alleged Goebel Murder Suspect Claims
To Be Innocent.
Dnlin.i Vnalra an.iiail af Rtrr Qfnna
XWUUX tr 11 vonoy (UtuODVU ?v p^vvuw i
Gap, Va., as a Goebol murderer suspect
has given out a statement wherein
he says that he left Frankfort January
25th, and had not been in the state of
Kentucky again until April 14th, and
that he could prove an albi when
placed on trial.
Botha Qivea Bond.
Advices from Cape Town state that
Commandant Philip Botha, who was
captured by the British May 17th, has
been released under heavy bail. He
is to reside in Aliwalnorth until conclusion
of preliminary examination.
DEFENDED CUBAN WOMEN.
Captain of Transport Sedge wick
Knocked Down By Frye.
A Boston, Mass., dispatch says:
Superintendent Alexis Fryo, in charge
of the Cuban teachers coming to Hari
v 1 _ ii 1: :il /i
vara, naa an auercauuu wim cupiaiu
McHarg, U. S. A., commanding the
transport Sedgwick, at sea, over alleged
bad treatment of the women by
the captain. Captain Fryo called McHarg
a car and a coward and knocked
him down the companion way.
NO CHANdE Jf5 YET.
Situation In China Continues to Cause
Great Alarm.
None of the members of the cabinet
who were present at Friday's meeting
conld see the least change for the
better in the Chinese situation. Secretary
Hay was not present nor was
Secretary Gage, but the other members
said that nothing had been heard
from the ministers stationed at Pekin,
and this fact was causing the greatest
i alarm for their safetyi
WOOLEY NOfllNATED
For President By Prohibitionists
At Their National Convention
Held In Chicago.
The prohibition national convention
at Chicago adjourned sine die Thursday,
after having placed in nomination
for president John G. Woolley, of
Illinois, and for vice president H. B.
Metcalf, of Rhode Island. The nominations
in each instance were made on
the first ballot.
The candicMes for the presidential
nomination balloted for were Mr.
NVoolIey and Rev. S. C. Stvallow of
Pennsylvania, Hale Johnson of Illinois
withdrawing his name at the last
moment and throwing his strength to
Mr. Woolley. This undoubtedly had
a great effect upon the result, as the
convention earlier in tho day bad been
nearly stampeded for Swallow by an
eloquent speech of Homer Castle of
Pittsburg, and had the friends of the
Pennsylvania clergyman forced a ballot
at that time the result might have
been different.
For vice president three candidates
were balloted for?H. B. Metcalf,
Thomas R. Caskardon, of West Virginia,
and Rev. L. Eaton, of Iowa,
Mr..Metcalf receiving an overwhelming
majority of the votes cast. Immediately
after the announcement of
the result of the ballot for the
the presidential nomination Dr. Swal
low was proposed as the vice presidential
nominee. The convention went
wild over the suggestion, bnt Dr.
Swallow, after a hurried conference
with tho Pennsylvania delegation, refused
to accept the nomination.
During the last day's session Chairman
Stewart, of the national committee,
called for contributions for the
campaign and over $7,000 was realized
in a few minutes.
John G. Woolley is descended in a
direct line from Emanuel Woolley, an
English Quaker and friend of George
Fox, who came to New England in
1658 and later became a large land
owner in New Jersey, which is still
the family seat. Dr. Woolley was
born at Oollinsville, O., February 15,
1850. He was graduated from the
Ohio Wesleyan university in J871,
practiced law in Paris, 111., Minneapolis
and New York nntil 1888, when he
became a Prohibitionist, and from accepting
occasional invitations to speak
upon the liquor traffic, drifted out of
the practice of his profession into the
lecture field. He has resided in Chicago
since 1892.
Henry B. Metcalf, of Rhode Island,
prohibition nominee for vice president,
was born seventy-one years ago. He
is president of the Erovidence County
Savings bank. Mr. Metcalf was formerly
a Republican, but joined the
Prohibition party several years ago,
and has been prominently identified
with that party since. He has been
the candidate of his party for governor
ieveral times.
COTTON IN BAD WAY.
Black Root Prevails on Some Farms
In South Georgia.
An Atlanta dispatch says; Commissioner
of Agriculture 0. B. Stevens
says that black root, ^ very damaging
disease, has been discovered in the
cotton crop in Soqth Georgia.
Reports have been coming in from
the farmers telling him of a peculiar
color the cotton has and describing
the roots of the cotton plant to be
black. Remedies for the disease were
asked for. Mr. Stevens in speaking
of the black root says:
"Black root is a terrible thing for
cotton. It always destroys it and if
the reports that I have been getting
for the last two days are true, the cotton
crop in this state has been greatly
damaged and the loss will amount to
thousands of dollars."
LI HUNQ HEARD FROM.
Chinese Minister In Washington Gets
Cable From Great Diplomat.
Minister Wu called at the state department
Thursday afternoon and exhibited
th& following cablegram to
Secretary Hay:
"Canton, June 28.?The legation
ministers having left Pekin are now
twelvo miles from Tien Tsin with Ad
miral Seymour. Li Hung Chang."
The minister explained that the cablegram
reached him from the Chinese
minister in London. He believes the
cablegram to be correct.
PREDICTS FEARFUL STRUGQLE.
German Officer Just From China Talks
Of the Situation There.
General Stahl, of the Imperial German
army, who has been investigating
conditions in the Orient under a special
commission from the German government,
arrived at Vancouver, B. C.f
Thursday on his way home. When
I asked if he thought the Boxers would
j be quickly suppressed, he said that in
i his opinion the powers had started in
' upon a long, bloody conflict. In the
end, the Boxers would be disbanded,
but the destruction of life would be
appalling for the movement was
spreading like wild fire, throughout
China's vast territory.
HILL TURNED DOWN.
Arkansas Democrats Refused to Indorse
New York Man.
Having completed its labors, the ,
Arkansas Democratic state convention
adjourned at Little Rock Wednesday
afternoon. The delegation to the national
convention was unanimously instructed
to vote for W. J. Bryan for
president. A resolution instructing
for David B. Hill for vice president
was withdrawn, it being claimed by
many delegates that Hill is an advo- J
cate of the gold standard.
MESSAGE FROM SEYMOUR.
British General Reports Casualties of
the Tien Tsin Battle.
Admiral Seymour, it is said, succeeded
in getting a message into Tien
Tsin on last Monday, according to
which ho was eight miles westward,
terribly harrassed, could only hold out
another two days, and had 63 killedand
over 200 wounded.
He did not mention the ministers
or others from Pekin.
BOERS BEATEN '
IN TWO FIGHTS
I
Lord Roberts Reports They ,
Were "Discomfitted." !
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BURGHERS BEGIN ATTACK ;
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lHsqnieiiiig at;puns ncgaiuiMg uk .
Hospital Reaches London and Roh- j
erts Explains Matter Fallj. <
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Lord Roberts has sent bulletins to 1
London of two email fights occurring \
cm June 26th and June 27th in which
i
the Boers were discomfited. In a dis- ,
patch from Pretoria dated Thursday
he says:
"A small force of mounted troops,
with mounted guns, commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Dreiper was attacked
by the enemy under Prefers
and Nel, on the morning of Juno 26th,
seven miles north of Senokal. They
beat off the enemy and burned their
laagers. Our casualties were three
wounded and ten killed.
"Hunter, temporarily commanding
Ian Hamilton's, made a march yesterday
from Heidelberg toward Frankfort
without meeting any opposition.
"The enemy attacked our Roodeval
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nprun post ua mu canw?jr jcoioiu^,
(Thursday), but were easily beaten off
by a detachment of the Derbyshire
light infantry, the West Australian
mounted, a fifteen pounder and an armoured
train.
"Baden-Powell reports the capture
of an influential Boer named Bay, who
was endeavoring to raise a commando
in the Bnstinbnrg district. A patro>
brought in over a hundred rifles.
More than 4,000 rifles and 1,000 inferior
pieces have been taken during the
last few days.
"He states that thirty Boers have
arrived at Bustenburg, going to their
homes from Delareys commando. They
would have left before if they had seen
the proclamation which was carefully
withheld by the Boer authority."
Lord Roberts says that Wednesday,
June 27th, was a record market day
in Pretoria for Boer farmers selling
produce.
Parties of Boers are still hanging on
General Bnller's flanks. F. B. Burnham,
the American scout, is invalided.
On June 20th the war office cabled
Lord Boberts that disquieting reports
regarding the hospital were accumulating,
and asked him if anything
could be done, and particularly if
more nurses were needed.
On June 25th Lord Boberts replied,
saying that he did not wish to shirk
responsibility or to screen the shortcomings
of the medical corps, and he
suggested a committee of inquiry. He
said that there had been an abnormal
number of sick at Bloemfontein due
to the exhausting nature of the march
and ihe terribly unsanitary condition
of the camp at Paardeburg, vhere the
only water available for drinking flowed
from the Boer camp higher up, i
where the river wA crowded with de- <
composing animals and also with a
number of wounded after the fight on
March 10th.
To improvise accommodations at
Bloemfontein for snch a number,
which had become 2,000 before he left
Bloemfontein, was no easy task, said
Lord Boberts. No tents were carried,
and the pnblic bnildings had to be
turned into hospitals. In three months
there had been 6,369 admissions to the
hospitals of patients suffering from
enteric fever, while the deaths numbered
about 1,370?about 21 per cent.
Lord Boberts observed that he did not
know whether this would be an abnormal
rate in civil hospitals in peaoe
times, but if the rate was abnormal it
was due to the exhausted state of the
men, and not to the neglect of the
medical corps.
RUSSIA IS PREPARING.
Secret Orders Are Issued For flob ill.
ration of Big Army.
The Vor'earts (Qerman newspaper) ,
says: "From an absolutely reliable
source we hear the Bussiau war min
ister has sent to all military and civu
anthorities in Bnssia secret orders to
prepare everything for mobilization."
GEORGIA'S DELEGATION
Hauled to Kansas City on Famous
Special Car, "Sixteen to One."
"Sixteen to One," the famous car
that carried Georgia's delegation to (
Chicago in 1896, was attached to the 3
special leaving Atlanta for Kansas City
Sunday night. It was on the trip tc
Chicago four years ago that the special (
Pullman coach which has since be* '
ceme the private car of superintendent '
Y. E. McBee, of the Seaboard AirLine,
was rechristened with the euphonious
title of Sixteen to One. The
special attracted a great deal of attention
on the trip.
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FROM MISSIONARY BROWN.
Asks Hetbodist Episcopal Board if He
Can Return Home.
The following cable was received at
the Methodist Episcopal mission board
in New York, Thursday morning, from
Tien Tsin from Rev. Dr. Brown, one
of their missionaries in that district,
ft is dated June 28 th:
"Mission destroyed by fire. . About
160 killed. I think there k a serious a
risk for foreigners. Will return in a
i few days to Tien Tsin. Shall I return
home? Will you permit?"
DEATH OF ADMIRAL PHILIP.
1
Commanded Battleship Texas When
Cervera's Fleet Was Destroyed.
Rear Admiral John W. Philip, com- (
mandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, i
died at 3:15 Sunday afternoon of c
heart disease. Admiral Philip com- e
manded the battleship Texas and i
participated in the destruction of Cer- I
vera's fleet Upon being raised to the <
grade of rear admiral by the passage 1
of the naval personnel bill,' he became i
commandant Brooklyn navy yard. 1
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-^ssKHEKiSHBiSKSlBBSHflS
COL. TRAMMELL DEAU
Was Chairman of the Georgia
Railroad Commission For
Many YearsAfter
an illness of six weeks Colonel
rrammell, chairman of the railroad
commission of Georgia, died at his
borne in Marietta early Friday morning.
All members of his family were at
bis bedside at the time of his death,
rhey had been there all night, waiting
aud hoping for some signs of return- '
ing strength. The beginning of the
end came at noon on Thursday. Pre- > g
pinna in that time he had rallied con
siderably and it was believed by his Xj
family and friends that he would re- :-]fi
It was a complication of din pesos ^ %
that caused the death of Colpnel
Irammell. Chief among them was an
acute stomach trouble. This, com- Xlf
bined with extreme nervousness end e ij|
Bluggish circulation, so enfeebled his ||
constitution and sapped his strength X'JS
that the restoratives of the physicians ~ j|
had but little effect
Colonel Trammel 1 has been a mem- %
ber of the Georgia railroad commission
since 1881, and during the term
of his service his headquarters have
been in the capitol building. He was ,
probably one of the best known men
in the state, and being at the headquarters
of the state government for so
many years, was in touch with prominent
men from all sections in Georgia, X
and being a member of the railroad
commission, he was known also
throughout the United States. Xf|H
As soon as Governor Candler heard.^
the news of Colonel Trammell's death '
he ordered the flag to float at half
GUERRILLA TACTICS
Are Now Being Employed Against :X
Britons By the Desperate "M9
Transvaalers. '
According to London advioea Boer
-
guerilla operations are reported, from ^
points on Orange river colony. r M i
The war office has received the foi-? :
lowing from Lord Boberts: 3
' 'Pretoria, Jane 29.?Paget reportrvj ' ?
from Lindley ho was engagedon Jubul*?*
26th with a body of the enemy strongm! ,
re-enforced during the day. A oon- ^
voy of stores for the Lindley garriaajj|i| |
was also attacked.on Jane 26th, bus|l
after a heavy rear gnard action,' the
convoy reached Lindley in safety. v '
"Our casualties were ten killed and<l ::
four officers and about fifty meft||
"The fight reported yesterday Ufi3S| |fl
under Lientenant Colonel Qronfel^|
not Dreiper. Brabant came upduring; M
the engagement |
Total casualties of the two <xriumiMfcJ|
three killed, twenty-three wounded. " :
"On the previous day near Ficke- 3
burg, Boyes' brigade was in actkm^
with a body of the enemy. ||
"Our casualties were two offioers .;j
killed, four men wounded and tflli |
man missing. 1
"Methuen found yesterday that the; ^ ||
Boer laager near Yachkop and Spitat^| <
Eop had been hastily removed in the |
direction of Lindley. He followed ^
enemy twelve miles and captured m
sheep and 500 head of cattle which tMjP '|||
enemy had seized- in that neiridNM^
hood. Our casualties were four me* | .??
"Hunter continued his march ^
terdav toward the Vaal river unop^-'^fl
posed. A few farmers along the *<*?|8>tlS
have surrendered. Springs, the tMgSH
inus of the railway from Johanaee?g
burg, was attacked early yesterday^ ^
morning: The Canadian regims8?|| 'JM
which garrisons the place, beat off ;
enemy." fl
Boer official reports from Waehoflfeg ^
dorp aver that a part of the British '% ~:j?
convoy was captnred on June 28d? near
Winburg. ||
The Lonrenzo Marques ooiTaspotf?p ';;p
dent of The Times says: ||
''Both the burghers and the foreign* > '%
era who are arriving fibre profess ' J|
strong belief that it will take from
three to six months to subdue theNi "-fg
Boers." :jM
?.nothqr dispatch from Lourenao^
Marqnes says: 3
"A consignment to a foreign Itaig \||
marked 'Dutch cheese damaged* propyl
ed on landing to contain army boot*.;?, ..J|
for the Boers; it passed the oustoiiiKg
nevertheless with nnasnal dispatch
and the British consul is making iip*5| %
resentations to the Portuguese gotenb^l 3
ment." _ :j$m
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LAND AT TAKU.
Admiral Kempff Advises Pi part meal S||
Regarding Oar Troops hi China. jl
The following cablegram was re* 'l |
seived Thorsqay morning goat ? ^
Che Foo, Jane 28.?Seerelaty^J "4m
Havy, Washington: "About 2,000 :J?
sign troops now ashore. Soldiers oip-^
lered should report at Takn instead * %|1
)f the Che Foo. Substituted
rille for Yorktown at Che Foo. Yoffc?|?
town used as dispatch boat, being ~ Is
more suitable. Rkmftf." |
EnPEROR WILLIAM AROUSED* j| ' 'A
Vill Demand Satisfaction For tfcfej -;;4
/larder of Von Ketteler. %
From well authenticated iiiiiiiosifnj ; 'g
he Associated Press representative anj| .
Berlin, Germany, is able to state nflgiS| -"J
he detailed statement by Connlwaig| :;Jg
3uelow, secretary of state for for?ig|^ p
iffairs, regarding the Chinese sM^S ^
ion, Emperor William made up hJd|| jjg
nind to insist upon full satisfaction!
or the death of Baron von Keiteler,*;
or which purpose he resolved to aoudf>1
Itogether armed foroee approximately & 1S
s large as the other powers. I
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ONLY FOUR CONTESTS i
To Be Settled !q the National Demo* |
era tic Convention. 1
So far as the Democratic national |S
committee is informed the convention ' IS
rill have four contests to decide. Only |jj :;|I
>ne of these controversies involves a j ;M
itate delegation. Two of the others ^Ji
-efer to the representation of temtovv^ W
ries and the other to the Diatriot oi
Columbia. The state contest is over 'M
;he representation from Montana, and M
ihe two territories involved are Okie* H J|
loins and Indian territory. :j|||