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The Bamberg Herald. ?????? ESTABLISHED 1S?1. BAM BERG. S. C.. THE RSDAY, At (.EST IE liMXE ^>E DOLLAR PER YEAR. ' ~ ' ' " .T r /i.irr .in RIOT CAUSED BY ANARCHISTS Chicago Polite Had a Serious Problem on Their Hands. WIDOW PARSONS IS ARRESTED Relict of Long: Dead Bomb-Thrower Instigator of Trouble In The Windy City. Ail anarchist riot c centred in Chi cago Sunday afternoon in which twenty-five people were bruised in a strug gle with forty-five police, summoned to quell the disturbance. Five persons were arreste.l, among them being Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of Albert R. Parsous, who was executed November 11th, 18^7, in Chicago foraiding and abetting the bomb throwing in the Hay Market roit. She was charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing the street and resisting an officer. The others arrested were: Paul Yaudree, charged with distributing iucendiary literature; Clement Pfuetz- , ner, charged with assault, disorderly i conduct and obstructing the street; j Herman Goodman, charged with dis- i tributiug incendiary literature; Abra- . ham E. Delstadt, charged with disor- ; derly conduct, obstructing the street . and resisting an officer. A mass meeting had been called at I West side Turner hall at which speech- J es were to bo made by Mrs. Parsons | and others on the topic, "The Execu- i tion of the Kiug of Italy." The call j concluded, "workmen, come in crowds . and show that the feeling of brotherhood is stroug among you." Mrs. Parsons was on her way to the ' ^ hall, when, feeliDg ill from the inteDso hear, the stepped into a shaded door- ; way to rest. Soon a crowd formed and a police officer, pushing through the crowd, caught a glimpse of Mrs. Tar- j sons. Thinking she was making an anarchistic speech he endeavored to disperse the crowd. His efforts were in vain and the officer sent in a call for j reinforcements. Additional officers arrived and immediately a general light was precipitated. Fists aud clubs were used and the officers, fiuding themselves being worsted, sent in a j riot call. The number of police was , increased to fortv-five and thev rushed * into the throng. Mrs. Parsons was , * ; seized. It is claimed she resisted arrest and her associates fought for her. Bricks were thrown, clubs were wielded and a tierce struggle ensued before the crowd was finally dispersed. Clement Pfuetzner, one of those arrested, was badly cut in the hand. A number of children in the crowd were : knocked down in the melee and i trampled upon, but none were seriously injured. In all twenty-five persons were badly beaten and bruised. After the affray numerous small cards were found on the street and in vicinity containing two verses of poetry, : urging the workingmen to be free, to throw off the yoke of bondage and fight for liberty and to lay down their lives, if neoessarv. to overthrow the W %J ' t government and attain freedom. The . card bore the headiug: "Workingmen. emancipate your- ( selves!" The police assert that these cards were printed in San Francisco and were received here by the anarchists 1 several days ago and have been se- 1 cre-'ly distributed. A large quantity of literature advocating anarchy and a book containing the names and ad- , dresses of several hundred anarchistic sympathizers were received by the police. UNDEtt <;00l> ESCORT Foreign Minister* Are Authorized to Leave < Pekin For Tien Tsiti. Cheng, director general of railways and telegraphs, has at last communi- ;, cated to the consuls at Shanghai, ac- \ cording to a special dispatch to The Paris Temps, dated August 5th, an imperial decree dated August 2, authorizing the foreign ministers in Pekin to communicate without restriction with their governments and order- j ing their departure for Tien Tsiu un- ' der a good escort. < KENTUCKY POPULISTS Hold Convention at Louisville and Op- j pone Goebei Election Law. The state convention of the People's j party of Kentucky was called to order | in Louisville Wednesday with the largest attendance ever seen at a Populist gathering in Kentucky. There was no question as to the platform, and as outlined, it was unanimously j ^UV[MCU. It opposes the Goebel election law and demands direct legislation, these two planks composing its main features. A. H. Cardin of Crettenden county was nominated for governor. TORACCO <i ROWERS SUE. Th^y Allege That Warehouse Men lJav? I Evaded a state S'atute. Forty tobacco growers filed suits ic the circuit court Friday against various Kentucky tobacco warehouses, alleging | that the warehousemen have evaded tb recent state statute which forbids them to take ten pounds of tobacco from each hogshead for a snmp'e. The plaiutilTs ask a penalty of SHV) in each case aud each seeks to establish from live t; twer.tv-fi: e cases. To Nrgothtte a I.oan. The St. Petersburg correspondent r\f Vvnrfss ( F .nvwlnr>\ en*.. WA liiV JU'UJif .-k Y ^ V ^ v-a ? > , that Prince Yochtosky will i~ave for ! Anierio i in ft few day- 012 important i financial business dealing with h new j ^ !<->an which Russia is negotiating in the United Spates. J.nokv J ike t arinack. Comity I>c?neerrtie primaries held, throughout Tennessee Thursday practically insure the election of Congiessman P Y*. Carmaek to the United States senu'e. David K. Snodgrass. is the only other avowed candidate. ANOTHER BELATED MESSAGE | Received From Minister Conger j Through Consul Goodnow at Shanghai. A Washington special says: A belated message from Minister Conger was received Sunday at the state de- 4 partment. It came through Consul ! General Goodnow at Shanghai, who transmitted messages received by Mr. Kagsdale, United States consul at . Tien Tsin, from Mr. Conger and Mr. I Squires, secretary of the United States legation at Pekin. The advices are the same as those received a day or f two ago l>y the state department from Consul Fowler at Chee Foo. The mespfge was transmitted to President McKiuley at Canton, and Mr. Adee, acting secretary of state, issued the following statement concerning it: Lonsui ueuerai Uooduow, 111 a cablegram dated Shanghai, August 5th, j c which was received at the state depart- j c ment at 5 o'clock this (Sunday) morning, reports the receipt by Consul Ragsdale at Tien Tsiu of message from Miuister Conger and the secretary of the latter, Mr. Squires, dated July 21st, to the following effect: " 'All well; no fighting since the 15th by agreement. Euougk provisions. Hope for speedy relief.' "Mr. Goodnow adds that the director of posts, Sheng, had on the 5th communicated to him an imperial edict dated July 30th, ordering Jung Lu to provide an escort for the ministers to Tien Tsin when the ministers fix the date. The edict says the ministers can receive messages not in cipher, birt ? notwithstanding this, plain messages t were returned to some consuls on Au- t gust 4th." e While the messages from Minister J Conger and Secretary Squires bear the 1 date of July 21st, the belief, fouuded e not only upon them, but also upon i collateral and later information, is that ? the legationers are yet safe from im- t mediate harm r At present there is no means of know- 1 iDg whether the ministers will accept the offer of the Chinese imperial gov- t ernment to provide an escort for them 1 to Tien Tsin, but it is surmised that ^ they will prefer to remain within the i' British legation at Pekin until the I arrival of the allied forces. Should t they start for Tien Tsin in all proba- r bility it would be because they re- s garded that the safer course to pursue, t It is thought to be not uulikely that e the Chinese will bo very insistent up- ^ on tue departure or tne ministers in ithe hope, if they cau begotten to Tien Tsin in eaiety, the storming of Pekin 1 Tiioy be averted. The inhibition of t cipher dispatches to the niiuters,while e a serious breach of diplomatic usages, t is not regarded here with appreheu- t sion. The Chirese government, it is <pointed out, is suspicious of the actions t and intent of the powers, and proba- c bly has adopted this precaution to pre- }' vent communication to the ministers o of the details of military movements, t ANARCHISTS MORE RETICENT. n j c Since l>etectlve? Are After Them They f Have Changed Their Tune. j The tone of the anarchists at rater- n sou, X. J., has greatly changed dur- t ing the past few days. They are keep- t ing very quiet and are even incliued e to call back what they said early in the j week. They know now that besides a all that has been published about them d the secret service agents are at work j and must know more. v In the possession of the police and j c of the Italian authorities is evidence j e which the investigators regard as in- j j dispensible proof of the formation iu | New York aud in Paterson, X. J., of a j 1: gigantic plot against the lives of the I crowned heads of the world. Various i shreds aud patches of proof have been t gathered which indicate that the orig- r iual fabric woven by the master weaver t was intricate aud subtle. c 1 NEW ORLEANS N Eli ROES Hold Meeting and Resolve to Re-Estab- j ^ 1 inli Friendly Relations With Whites. J ? At large meeting of the most influen- j tinl colored men in Xew Orleans, held | j Saturday, it-was resolved to perfect an ! organization that would re-establish ! friendly relations between the whites | ami negroes iu the city, discourage all j incendiary pamphlets and literature i intended to stir up trouble between the races, and frown on the movement I i ? proposed in Boston and other north- j ern cities to send an agent or emissa- j ^ ries to New Onleans to inquire iuto i ^ the coudition of the negroes. POISONED BY TOADSTOOLS. I i > Seven Ternons Mistook 1 hein For Mash- [ rooms and Three Are Dead. Three persons dead in the home of j , J. A. Xorris. near Harvey, 111., and ! ^ four others seriously ill, was the re- . suit of eating toadstools which they j 0 mistook for mushrooms. The dead ! ? are: Mrs. Edith Norris, Maud Norris j ^ and Thomas Norrie. I Thomas, thirteen years old,, uu- j doubtedly saved those yet alive. Half j clad and suffering fearfully, he rode j bareback to Homcwood, three miles j s away, and fell exhausted as he reached c the house of a physician. He died t soon after the doctor reached the Nor- t ris home, in time to save four lives. n SCOUTING PARTY REPULSED. .Japanese Troops Find Obstacles In th? Way While Urcnimnitering. The navy department Friday morn- j ^ jug received the following cable from ! .. Admiral T?emov ,, "Taki*, August 1.?Duvofui Naviga- | tion, Washington: Chaft'ee reports jv that ^O'J Japanese, scouting toward j s Pei Tans, l >>t three men killed and J v twenty live woun led. The enemy ir i " trenches and loop-hole:t u?s. j q '' i! i:r.r i- y, " ' k Walk-Over For Richardson. James I). Richardson, leader of the : minority in the house, was reuomi- * uated for congress by the democrats of ? the Fifth Tennessee district in the ( primary Thursday. He had no op- ! v ponent. c r'till-Hioml ! irkot Wot:. Reliable i-'-rur.-s ?,f tije election tor j governor 11? ! i in -he Choctaw nation I "l 'Jhursd-jy show :h;it Judg,. .1. W. 1 Dukes has hyeii e.eeted, 'tie ran on } the fuli-biood ticket, J BIG BATTLE; HEAVY LOSS Lilies Go Against Chinese Forces On March to Pekin. OREIGNERS LOSE 1,200 MEN ; :isrht Occurred at Pietsang, a Vil lage Six Miles Out From Tien Tsin on the Road to Pekin. The following cablegrams were revived at the navy department Montay: "Che Foo, August 0.?Bureau Navigation, Washington: British officer reports, unofficial, engagement at Peitsang Sunday morning, 3 to 10:30. Allied loss, killed and wounded, 1,200, chiefly Russians and Japanese. Chinese retreating. Taussig." "Chf. Foo, August 0.?Bureau Navigation, Washington: Unofficial report believed to be reliablo. About 30,000 allies heavily engaged Chinese at Peitsang daylight of the 5th, Remey." According to the information in >ossession of the war department, the own of Peitsang is at the head of idewater on the Pei Ho, between deven and twelve miles by road be*ond Tien Tsin. It is a village of mud nits of considerable size, but not wallid. The river at this point is not lavigable by anything larger than a jood sized steam launch, and it is bought that the troops probably pnr>lif>r1 thpr? in small boats, towed ' >y the naval launches. 1 The country all along the river be- 1 ween Pekin to Tien Tsin is a low, al- ^ uvial plain, almost impassable for ( wheeled vehicles in the wet season aud ? mder quite a high state of cultivation, t presents no natural detensive fea- 1 ares, and the war department knows < 10 strategic reason why the Chinese J hould have made a stand there rather ' ban at any other of the dozen villages 1 ast of the walled town of Tung Chow, 1 where is stored an immense amount of 1 >rovisions. 5 From the fact that the engagemont 1 asted seven hours, it is argued in the 1 lepartment that either the Chinese ? nust have been heavily entrenched or 1 here was an immense horde of them 0 so stubbornly contest the advance ^ >f 10,000 international troops. It is ] igured by military experts that a loss 1 >f 1,200 killed and wounded on the 1 >art of the allies probably means a loss 1 if from three to six times as many of ? he Chinese. It is possible that a blow of this * aagnitude may break tho resistance 1 if the Chinese to the advance of the 1 oreign column,but on the other hand, * t is possible that this may be one of < 1 large number of places on the road 1 hat have been intrenched with a view ( o falling back and contesting the for- \ agu advance so as to delay as long as | 1 >ossil)le the arrival of the foreigners t t Pekin. tinles3 the opposition sud- ( lenlv breaks down the military ex- 1 icrts look for a desperate engagement ' rhen the troops reach the walled city 1 >f Tung Chow, which is said to be 1 veu more favorably located for pur- c >oses of defense than Tien Tsin. ( Little doubt was expressed at the lavy department that the news from temey was substantially correct. It ; s probable a later report may reduce he list of casualties among the inter>ational forces, but it is evident that l he move on Pekin is at last fairly un- t ler way, and that strong opposition ( las been encountered, t The war department officials, who ? lave been exceedingly reticent for ? evernl days as to news from the seat >f war, admitted when the naval dis- f >atches wore received that the an- c louncement of the battle was uot un- 1 xpected. Opinion among the various i >fficials now in Washington is some- l chat divided as to just what is preaged by the day's events. The more ptiiuistic are inclined to think that uch a severe blow as the Chiuese t nust have received at Peitsang will } esult in the speedy disintegration of f he forces now opposing the march of 1 he international column. r ajorTFy grows larger. 1'orth Carolina Democrat* Claim Nearly Sixty Thousand for Amendment. ^ It is learned at the state Democratic icadquartcrs in Raleigh, X. C., that he majority for the slate ticket is s 0,000 aud that for the franchise 1 mendment to the constitution is c S,000. The Democrats have certainly r hirty-uine senators and 102 represen- y atives. t Allies of Nobody. g "" 1- -t '1-:- I 1 LIe omCIlllS OI mis goveruuicui iuist that, so far as Americans are con- * erned, they are allies of nobody, ^ hough, of course, acting in co-opera- I ion with the forces of other govern- F aents toward the same end. ^ (JAMi'l.KKS KILL Oil. "ounjf White Man IviiltMl !t\ Two Negro ( (Mi>]> tuions Over Carth, I .lack Gray, a well-known young triu of Henry county, Ga.. was mur!er?'d Saturday night by two negroes, ^ cith whom he was gambling in the roods, near Locust Grove. t Gray's body, with the back broken, e ras found Sunday morning by the I ide of the Southern railway track. Jt ^ ras thought at first that he had been e ;illed 1 y a train, but the coroner's in- n nest developed that he had been ' ailed by two negroes, named Law. li (join Paul Makes a Promise. President Kruger and Commandant renerai Botha have issued a proclamtiou promising to pay all damage loc.e to the farms by the British, proided the burghers remain with the ^ ommandos. * Suspects Arrested In Germany. :1 The police throughout Germany are 1 rrenting anarchist suspects. Among t] hem is Professor Stahly. an Italian t vhu has recently lectured on the sub- { ect of the Mafia iu south Germauy. a ALABAMA'S ELECTION j Full State Ticket of Democrats j Goes Through?Campaign Was the Quietest on Record. The quietest state campaign witnessed iti Alabama in tea years came to n ! close with the election which occurred Monday. The Democratic ticket went j through by a larger majority than ever before. I In addition to statelumse officers, I each of the counties in the state elected ! county officers, while members of the j next legislature were also selected. The following is the state ticket elected: William J. Samford, of Lee, governor. Robert P. McDavid, ot Montgom ery, secretary of state. .T. Craig Smith, of Dallas, state j treasurer. Charles (1. Brown, of JefYerson, at- I torney general. T. L. Sowell, of Walker, state auditor. John W. Abereronibie, of Callioun, : superintendent of education. Hubert R. Toole, of Marengo, commissioner of agriculture. Declarations of the platform are ' summarized as follows: Honest and economical government, j Conscientious regard for the consti- | tutiou. Advocacy of commercial expansion, j Construction of the Nicnrauga ca- j nal. Denunciation of treatment of Torto \ Rica us. Regulation of trusts. Death to protective tariff. Furtherance of public education. Relief in Chicago platform. Demand for Rryau's renomiuation. j MAYOR'S VETO SUSTAINED. Atlanta City Council Reverses Its Action j Regarding; Electric Light Franchise. By a vote of ten to three the Atlanta, Ga., city council sustained the j mayor in his veto of the electric light | franchise previously agreed on by that ! jodv at its secret caucus and subsev I pieutly unanimously adopted by both ; council and the aldermauic board. Preceding the vote on the vetoques- : :ion Aldermau Harvey Johnson made ! )ne of the hottest speeches the council j las heard in many months. He scored j he Atlanta Constitution for its edito- i ials on the situation aud roundly j nnstod President F. Woodruff, of the ! petitioning company, for claiming the i streets of Atlanta. He referred to Mr. j iVoodruff as the "by-product presi- j lent." Roth Mr. Woodruff and Mr. j Foel Hurt sat in the council chamber ; md heard the alderman's speech. Alderman Johnson began his speech ; jy saying he wanted to be fair to all j parties concerned in the franchise sit- | lation. He said he would never vote, I hough, to give the street railway com- j pany a franchise for anything as long | is it claimed the city's streets. The argument was for an immediate settlement of the question whether lie Atlanta Railway company con- j rolled the streets of Atlanta under the ! date laws* or whether the city had the ' 'ontrol. He ?Aid as long as the ruil,vay people claimed coutrol and threatened to take the streets for their conlaits, whether or not council was will- j ng, he would uever vote to give them j he rights of the streets. He read parts if a letter Mr. Woodruff sent to elec- j rieity consumers, in which he said | lie company is now erecting a . ilaut and would soon be able to fur- j lish power and light, showing that the I mnipauy was already in open defiance j if the council. CAMMDATK FOK 11 KM P. | s'cjjro ltrut:tlly Assault* Young Lady ?ml i Leaves ller For Demi. A negro bruta'ly assaulted ami near- j y murdered Miss Ida Hnzer, daughter ; >f oue of the most prosperous farmers j OaUIi AAiinlr nt Arofvor's: c + n- I ion on the Western ?V Atlantic railroad | ibout ten miles from Atlanta, Monday i ifternoon. The young lady was returning home tfter a visit to friends and was met in 1 l lonely place on a public road by the legvo. lie beat her almost into i , nsensibility and left, thinking, per- ; iaps, that she was dead. i Moat l or Troops In Orient. Chicago packers have been asked by he government to furnish 2,000,000 j ; )onuds of meats within thirty days j or the American soldiers in the >riont. This is said to be the largest equisition ever issued by the governnent of the United States. CANAL CONCESSION REVOKED. the Governor of Nicnrncua Seize* Property of the Maritime Company. Advices from Managua, Nicaragua, ! tate that the governor of Nicaragua ias taken possession of the property if the Maritime Canal Company ami emoved the company's cars, raiU and >roperty to the interior from Greyown, under article 54 of the concession. Under the terms of the concession he Nicaragua Canal company was a!- [ owed a period of ten years, after the j ireliminary surveys, in which to com- j >!ete the construction of the canal. ! ?hat period expired nearly two years j g?MILES MAKES AJTMCATION. _ * Anxious To <Io To China !?ut IIi>? lie. I que*? Has Keen liffu'fil. A New York Herald special from j Vashington says: It is learned on excellent authority 1 hat General Nelson A. Miles has re- j oiitiy applied icr servn*e m i. must. | {is application has not boon granted. | Var department oflioiiils soy that Gen- j ral ('hai'tVe was sent t<> China to com- j land tin Anmvunn troops, and to re- | ieve him at this time would he a re- I lection upon his ornduot of aiYairs. WIFE SLAYER RESENTENCED. u;l.c<-' Can<tl*r Sets Date For K.vecution , of James I- at At!<?n-.?. Sentence ci death was passed upon , {CMC'S L. Baker by Judge Candler in . he superior court at Atlanta, Ga., j Vednesday morning. There is no j ppoal from this. .Baker will !?> j iancred on August i'_. lie took tlie I . 1 leath sentence without the least en.oioii, appearing to be interested in the proceedings us a spectator rather than . principal. ero>rJrMt\3r\itNjrMCS3? I SOUTH CAROLINA \ | STATE NEWS ITEMS, i, A Cnmpai^n "Scrap.'* Frank U. Gaiy and A. Howard Patterson bal a rough-and-tumble tight before a thousand Laurens people, men and women. They fought with desperation aud determination until Jim Tiliman and others separated them, and then they wanted to get back at each other. Had the incident occurred years ago in Laurens county, when there wefe a cartload of pistols at a meeting, there would have been funerals the next day. From day to day Fattersou hammered at Gary about his Charleston speech. Gary thought this persistent effort was to make it appear indirectly that he straddled or favored local option while in Charleston, and that Patterson's effort was to place him in a false position as to what he had said and his announced attitude on the liquor question. As peisistently as Patterson would tnake his statements, just so persisteutly would Gary insist that his position in Chaileston, ns elsewhere, was plain and unequivocal. On this occasion Patterson repeated about Gary's alleged straddle in Charleston. When Gary's turn came to speak he immediately replied that he did not "straddle," and that his position then, as now, was plain. Pattersctn was sitting about live feet behind where Gary was speaking, and got up and said: "Mr. Gary, I want to explain some thiug." Gary t'irned squarely around and said"Now, Mr. Patterson, I want to ask you plainly, is what I have said about that Charleston matter true?"' Patterson said he would explain. Gary said there was no use to explain, but insisted on knowing whether what he had said about the whole matter was true or not. Patterson said he dared him to prove his statemaut by any of the candidates. Gary insisted on a direct reply as to whether his statement about the Charleston speech was true or not. By this time the two men where within arm's length, looking fiercely at each other. Patterson said he denied being correct what Gary had said, if he could not explain. Gary then said: "If you say my statement is not correct, you say what is not so.'' The two men struck. Patterson struck out and claims to have hit first. There was not a second's difference in the passage of blows. Patterson struck Gary an uphanded lick under the left etc, which cut the skin for half an inch long. Gary hit Patterson oh the mouth and cut the lip and struck him Under the eye. It was not a minute before half a dozen men were around tho two combatants. They were up against each other clinched and several blows were passed* but they were pulled apart, some yelling for one candidate and some foi* another. When quiet was restored Mr. Gary faced the audience somewhat disheveled and bruised, and quivering all over and with clinched hand spoke, saving when he left home he decided he would bo a gentUmail and giro no possible offense to anyone and in turn he would not take any insult from any one. Mr. Gary apologized almost in tears for having fought before ladies. Mr. Patterson was allowed to make a statement, and said he was very sorry for the occurrence. lie did not like such thiugs. He and Mr. Gary hud been warm friends and be had been a stanch' friend of the family, but whenever a man told him be li <1 he tried to put his list in his mouth aud give him the best he bad in his shop. When the two combatants bad taken their seats a police officer good naturedly held out his hand aud said it would cost each of combatauts $5, or they would have to go before the mayor's court. Gary paid his 85 and Patterson, when asked, handed over his 85, and the "incident" was closed. * ? m Purines* Men n* Politicians* There is exceptional interest being taken in polities in Charleston this year. For the lirst time in years business men are taking an active part. Besides local matters that attract attention, it is claimed that Charleston will give her vote to Governor McSweeney: in fact, it is believed by many that he will be stronger there than in any other county, and money is playing an important part in this campaign. Money talks iu all campaigns, but it begins to look as if more money will be used in the present campaign than for many years past. The candidate who thinks he will make the campaign on the assessment fixed by the executive committee is laboriug under a false idea. The regular assessment will sink into incirrm'ti**onr??i Pftmnnrfd to tlio Amount that each ami every candidate will spend on the outside. m * * Important l)c<i*ir>n. The state supreme court has handed down a decision which nullities the act which was. intended to domesticate foreign corporations doing business in this state, requiring corporations to take out charters under the laws of this state. The decision is far reaching and means that when sued for amount exceeding 3*2,OM had to be sued through the United States circuit court and cannot be sued through the state courts. This holds whether the corporation has b6en rechartered in this state or not. In order to render its decision the supreme court was compelled to reverse its decision in the case of Mat his vs. the Southern i ailway, but stated in doing .->0 it is bound by the decisions of the United States supreme court. Dozens of ( a~os pending in state courts are knocked out. During the ia.-.; spring state courts r.ave ?iv??n ueavv c, . .-.uinm iUterstate )'n:vls iu numerous oh-cs. ? * V. liiiiimn Arjaiu In t!i - Uao.*. F?>r four cuiisc'.Mi-ivo eai:v:ii<pss < r. Wall or Whitman ij; *('? r. for srovunt. )- m state. I i-;l *h: y?*ni':' a.?;? Vt'ir.h: .mi v/:v? a pivaol-er, l>;it since : r:he lias 1 > -?*:' inlying politics. He is uo'v iuj;l.i;:? tlie con * I test tun tor circumstances that are pej euluuly unique and mjuiriupc great ! fortitude on tlie part of the candidate. Four rears ago Whitman received ] 2,001) rotes in a total <>f H Two I years later his vote was 5140. This year it is freely predicted that it will ! he even less, and yet Mr. Whitman is I as absolutely confident of election as a man can he. * ? 4 t Mm I lie Too ltii?y to Serve. Captain Kilison Smythe, president I of the Pelzer Manufacturing Company, j has resigned liis membership on ill" 1 non-partisan itmustriat commission I appointed by President McKinley, ! His large business interests prevents ! him from giving the time necessary to the sessions of the committee held in virions parts of the count! t. Ho lias recommended that I). A. Tompkins, well known throughout the I south as an industrial economist and ! manufacturer of cotton mill goods, he ! appointed in his place. I Mr. Tompkins has many friends in j this section and throughout the south| ern states who would he glad to see I him on the commission. i ? i Deadly Work. ! During an electric storm at Westminster a few days ago the lightning J struck the residence of Rev. N. G. I Christopher; killing Mr. Henry Simpj son and severely shocking all in the i house. There was a series of services ! being conducted in the Baptist church i and Rev. Christopher had invited the j prominent members of his church to take dinner with him. i Immediately a Tor dinner they walkj ed onto the piazz.1 and before they I were seated a terriffic streak of lightni ing struck a post and ran to the floor, 1 knocking three men?Messrs. Sirapj sou, Rlbli and Terrell?senseless. Messrs. Bibb and Terrell were not seriously injured, but Simpson was killed outright. He leaves a wife and a number of children. THIS FROM Li llt'SU. i Minister TVu At Washington Receives <1 "Delayed"" Cable Dispatch. A Washington special says: The j Chinese minister called at the state deI partment early Wednesday and prej sented to Secretary Hay a dispatch from Li Hung Chang, received Horn the Chinese minister in London: "Just received a telegram from Puo Ting Loo of the sixth moon, twenty! third day (July 19th), that the privy | council had that day received an i imperial edict as follows: " 'We have received the memorial | of Li Hung Chang and others implor| ing us to save and protect the ministers of the various nations. Now the miuistersnre all safe and well, and Li Hung Chang is directed to wire to Yang Wu and others that they may inform the respective secretaries for j foreign affairs accordingly. Respect i this.' "This telegram has been delayed in I transmission. The other day I and ! other viceroys sent in ti joint memo rial, requesting that the different miuj isters be escorted out of Pekiu,or that ! they first be enabled to freely com* ! municate by letter or with their re! speetivo governments. When an im; perial answer is received* t will again ! wire. Communicate this to Minister 1 Yang at St. Petersburg, Minister Yi: i at Paris and Minister Wu at Washing ; ton for them to inform secretaries foi j fureigu affaire." BRYAN'S PR (Hi RAM. j l?r.iskf;n Onflim-s Work To !. ? Do'jit II.v llliii During Tlii* Month. W. J. Bryan has outlined the follow| oig as his work for August: After Ihe notification at Indianapolis < \ugust Sth, he will return to Chicago { or a few days to consult with tne naj ioual committee. He will then return j to Lincoln, and remain until August ! '?Gtb, when he will gif to Chicago to J attend the natioual Grand Army enj "auipment. During his sfxy in Linj '"In between the Chicago trips, Mr. i Ib-yau will complete his letter of ae! eptauce, ami this will be issued. He I will also prepare addresses for the | Populist aud silver Republican notiti| cations. TAMPA SHUT OUT. i Governor Johnston, of Alabama, Knfablishcs a Quarantiri">. Governor Johuston, of Alabama, issued a quarantine proclamation i Thursday afternoon against Tampa, | Fla., 011 account of two cases of yellow j fever 'here. State Health Officer Por1 ter, of Florida, notified Dr. Sanders, I state health officer of Alabama, of the fact, and quarantine officers were ordered 011 all trains out of Tampa. Upon the receipt of notice of declaration by the state of A'abama of : quarantine against Taiupa, Cla., in' structions were at once issued by the ; Mobile board of heaKh for stringent ; measures at Mobile bey quarantine i station to prevent the introduction of i fever by water. LACK OF LIHHTERS j Drlny In Lnndinc Cavalry Horses at Taku, China. ; A Washington dispatch says: The 1 operations of the Araericau forces in China are seriously handicapped by ! due delay in the landing of the calvary | horses, owing to the lack of lighters J and other small craft. Two squadrons i of the Sixth cavalry arrived at Taku j with General Chaffee on the Grant i several days ago, but in the absence of their mounts have been of no further use than regular foot troops and delay will occur in unloading horses from the Lenox, L'onemaugn aim Leelenaw, all at or on tho way to j China. NEW CABLE LINK OPENED. rre?i<lei)t MoKin!??v wnd King of Portugal | KxchanKt* Me*?;i ? !?, Congratulatory messages from President MeKinley and the king of Portugal were dashed direct Friday between the United States ami Portugal over the new line of the Commercial Cable Company which has jus: been put in operation between the Azores and this count;y. The new company ivnneets at the island of Fayal will- the European uud Azores line from the Azor?s ' to Portugal ami is the tir<: to con! nect the Azores with the United States, j It also opens diiict communication i for the lirst time bet wee u this conn- j ! try and Portugal. ULTIMATUM ISSUED China Must Meet Demands of the United States at Once, HAY SO NOTIFIES THE ORIENTALS I'reniuent MoKlnley Rc(??rm to Washington and Di?ou?*e* the Siturtflftl With the Cabinet. The state department has made public the correspondence between Li " /II- 1 It.. .1 L ~ flung anting arm ilie uepai uncut 10garding the abandonment of the campaign in Pekin. "Telegram sent to the United States embassies in Berlin, Loudon, Paris, Romo aud St. Petersburg and to the United States minister to Tokio: "Pej art men t of State, Washington, August 1, 1900. "In reply to a suggestion of Li Hung Chang that the ministers might be sent under safe escort to Tien Tsin provided the powers would engage not to march on Pekin, the secretary of sta?e replied on the 30th of July: "This government will not enter into any arrangement regarding disposition or treatment of legations without Orst having free communication with Minister Conger. Responsibility for their protection rests upon Chinese government. Power to deliver at Tien Tsiu pre-supposes power to protect aud open communication. This is insisted on."' This message was delivored by Mr. Goodenow on the 31 st to Viceroy Li, who then inquired whether if "free Communication were established between ministers and their governments it could be arranged that the powers should not advance on Pekin pending negotiations." To the inquiry the following reply was sent on the first of August: "Goodenow,Consul General, Shanghai. "I do not think it expedient to sub- ; ' < 4 T-t . _t T1 *1.. I mit tnc proposition 01 i^ari ui xo me j other powers. Free communication. | with our representatives in Pekin is ! demanded as a matter of absolute 1 r'ght and not as a favor. Since the ! Chinese government admits that it ! possesses the power to give communl- | cation it puts itself in an unfrieudly : attitude by denying it. Negotiations i are advisable until the Chinese gov- | ernment shall have put the diplomatic ! representatives of the powers in full | and free communicatfou with the respective governments and removed all danger to their lives and liberty. We would urge Earl Li earnestly to advise the imperial authorities of China to place themselves in friendly communication and co-operation with the relief expedition. They are assuming a heavy responsibility in acting otherWise. Hat." m'kixle* in washington. President McKinley returned to Washington from Canton Thursduy ' mc>ruing and called a special cabinet : meeting to consider the Chinese situa- ' tion. Two hoitrs were consumed in a general review of the latest develop- i mentfs In China, special attention be- 1 lug given to Secretary Hay's vigorous and tinequitocaj reply to LI Hung ! Chang's proposition to escort the ! foreign miuisters fo Tien Tsin, on ! condition that the advance of the allied i forces upon Pekin be stayed. The language employed by Secretary 1 Hay in refusing to deviate from the J original position taken by the United 1 ' - * * ? 1 * < 1 states witn regarci to iree au-, unre- ] stricted communication being estab- i lished between foreign representatives ' at Pekin and their respective governments is univei sally commended. In diplomatic circles it is considered that a crisis bft'5 been reached, otherwise the correspondence between Secretary j Hay and Li Hung Chang would not ' have been disclosed. That correspondence emphasizes that the attitude of the United States government a3 one of unalterable op- i position to any negotiations with 1 China in advance of free communication with the foreign ministers at Tekin. China must act promptly upon Secretary Hay's ultimatum, otherwise j the niarch of the allied forces on Pekin ! proceeds. The president being fully satisfied that Secretary Hay has the situation well in hand, decided to return to Canton. PENNSYLVANIA AX A IK 11LSTS Exult Over Death of Humbert ami Cable Kesolutionn to Home. A special to the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette says: "Wednesday night, at the mouth of ' an abandoned mine near Shanera Station, ou the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, quite a large gathering of anar! chists met to exult over the killing of King Humbert. The meeting was in I charge of G. Ciancabilla, editor of L'Aurora, the anarchist newspaper of IIobokeD, X. J., who spoke for an hour, rousing his hearers to a high pitch of rejoicing. Ciancabilla disclaimed all knowledge of Bresci's mission to Italy, but heartily approved of the result. When the sneeches were concluded appropriate resolutions were adopted and the following cablegram ordered I bv the group to be sent: ''The Minister Sarraceo, Rome?We are exultant over the death of the king who massacred the people. Hurrah foi our comrade Bresci." NOT YELLOW FEVER. Experts l'ns* on <u*pirlous Case* of III' at Tamp i, Fla. A special from Tampa, Fla . says: An < f'ivia! statement signed by State Health Ollicer J. Y. Porter and J. H. Whits--, marine hospital service, issued | Mond.sy niatr, declares two su-recTed to i.e n.r mellow fever. Oae is repotted o.s tyijh.-'id. Tli'p >tate that tin'' having seen the nun who died they cannot sav ?b<>:.t it and <1<? not are to dismiss the diagnosis made. Hundred* of ptrs.ms were near him during his illness and af'er a lapse of live dais ail tire reported well. No new or even suspicious ca^es are re: orted. fllUHt: B'JhKb OiVt ir. j Lord Roberts Reports Surrender of Five Commandos Aggregating 1,200 Prisoners. Lord Roberts has telegraphed to the war ofliee at Loudon as follows: Fbktokia. August 1. ? Hunter reports 1,200 more prisoners surrendered yesterday with Commandants Rouse and Fontel, while Commandants De' ploy, Potgieter and Joubert surrendered to Bruce Hamilton, who collected 1,200 rifles, 650 ponies and an Armstrong gnu. Lieutenant Anderson, a Danish ofliecr irt the Staats artillery, also surrendered. Oliver, with tive guns and a number of burghers, broke away in the Harrisujith dis trict, but Huuter expects the total prisoners will amount to 4,000. "An unfortunate accident occurred Lear Frederikstndt, on the Krugersdorp Potchefstroom railway. The enemy bnd torn up rails and supply train, escorted by the Shropshires, *ras derailed, thirteen being killed and thirty-nine injured, although a special patrol had been ordered to prevent trains passing. A special inquiry has been ordered to ascertain why the order was disobeyed." I A second dispatch received at the ! war office from Lord Roberts some| what modified the statement of the surrender of 5,000 rebels under General Prinsloo on Monday. It now appears that Generals Prinsloo, Villiers and Crowther surrendered with 986 men, 1,432 horses, 935 rifles and a Krupp nine-pounder. Some of the leaders in more distant parts refused . to come on the plea that they are independent of General Prinsloo. Lord Roberts adds that htf had directed General Hunter to resume hostilities forthwith, and to listen to ntf excuses. GEORGIA HORTICULTURIST* ; j Gather Jn Their Ttrpnty-Fonrth Annual Convention at Dublin. The twen'y-fonrth annual session of the Georgia State Horticultural Society began at Dublin Wednesday with perhaps the most representative body of horticulturists ever assembled in the state. President Prosper J. Berckmans, who has served the society as its president for twenty-five years, waa present after a long jonrney from his summer home in New Jersey. Colonel C. A. Weddington deliver- . ed an eloquent address of welcome on brlialf of the city of Dublin followed by a welcome on behalf of Laurens county by Representative L. Q. Stubbs. These addresses were responded to bv Prof. Stcckbridge, of Lake City, FJa. Mr. Berckmsns deliverd his annua! president's address. He deplored the ^ .1 tho nrnnpnt fruit eron tjk uinanici w ?uv caused by brown rot, but extended en- ^ couragement to the growers with di- .1 rections for protecting the crops in future years. His trend of argument was in favor of utilizing unmerchantable fruit. Cannning and evaporating was strongly advised, and the growers were warned not to depend altogether upon marketing the fresh fruit. There is always a market for canned and evaporated goods and these industries should be established in every fruifc growing county. 'v* The first regular paper on the program was the report of State Entomologist Scott on the San Jose scale work of the state. His report showed Vv that all infested nurseries had been j cleared up and that the vigorous fight against this pest in the orchards had brought it under good control. Spraying the orchards was advised with assurance that good results would be obtained. This paper was followed by numerous questions put to Mr. Scott concerning insects and diseases. I UORDON WILL ATTEND. Commander-in-Chief of ConfedeVAt* V?ta To Be Honored tiaeit of O. A. K. General John B. Gordon, comman- f~ of the United Confederate Veterns, will be the honored guest of the thirty-fourth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Chicago August 27th to September 1st. General. Gordon was extended ar invitation some time ago by the executive committee at the request of General Albert D. Shaw, commander-inchief of the Grand Army. General Gordon replied, accepting the inv'tation conditionally on the state of his health. COLLI Ell OX Til K MAXIL Defense In Towers Cnse Trying to Impeach State's Witnesses. The cross examination of Adjutant General Collier, of the Taylor administration, aud the examination, direct and cror?, of Reuben .Miller, chief clerk of tne defendaut, while he acted os secretary of state, were the features jf the Powers trial at Georgetown, Ky., Saturday. Miller had been 'drought back from Indiana by the lefense. It was his opiniop that the >hot which resulted in the death of Governor Goebel was fired, as were | those which followed it, outside the )xecutivo building. ALLIES MOYED 35 MILES. Troops of Powers Are Now on Their Way Toward City of Pekin. According to a special received in j London from Shanghai, dated August M.i the advancing column of the allied forces was reported to have reached a point thirty-live miles beyond Tien Tsin on that date. Nothing from any other point corroborates this statement. In fact The Standard goes so far as to say that it fears the real advance apart from preliminary measures h id not begun. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Kamor Current That Kinc Alexander** Life Was Threatened. The Vienna correspondent of The London Daily Chronicle, says: "A rumor has reached here from Belgrade that an attempt was made to assassinate King Alexander this (Wednesday) afternoon, while he was driving through the town. It is said he was shot at but was rn.t injured. The rumor is nnconfirm )d