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BLOODY RIOTS IN FRANCE. Anarchists and Socialists " Work Their Wills. Paris, Aug. 20 -Paris was* today the cene of most serions distur bances, recalling some aspects of the -commune. In response to an appeal of the jonrDa 8, Dspaeple and La Petite R publique, crowds of anarcb* lets and socialists gathered about 3 oVtock in the afternoon in the Place de la Republique. The police had taken precautions and there seemed no danger of disorders Sebastion Faure a ad Faberot, well known revolutionary anarchists, were the ring leaders Faure, standing on the pedestal of the statue which rises III she centre of the Place de la Re publique, addressed the crowd Among other things he said that the anarchists should be masters of the r8treets. The police then interfered and dis lodged Faure and Faberot, making three arrests The crowd at this -dispersed, led by a column of demon strators headed by Faure and Henri B'florr made f Vthe Piace de la Na tion. The police broke through the col nam and a struggle for the mastery followed Shots were fired and M. Goallier. commissary of police, was twice stabbed with a knife. S This threw the police into momen tary confusion The mob reassem bled and ran toward the Place de la Kation. The police, reinforced by * squad thaw had been held in reserve, made another attempt to stem the current, and fresh, fierce fighting occurred, three coner ables being wounded Faure aud D'Horr jumped into a passing street car that was going to the Place de la Republique and the car driver on arriving there, gave a signal to the police, "who immediately arrested them both together with two other anarchists, Joseph Ferrier and Jean Perrin. Ail were conveyed to the Chateau Eau barracks.' Only D'Horr was found in possession of firearms In the meantime the anarchist mob retraced It course to the Piace de la R publique, smashing windows of religious edifices on the way. Suddenly, either at the word of command or in obedience to impulse, the column made a loop and curved toward the church of St Aubroise, where the rioters smashed the win dows. Proceeding thence toward the Faa bourg du Temple, hieb they retched mt the caro er of the Eue Dar boy sod the Bse St. Macr-Popincourt, they formad up into a compact body. Hatch ts were suddenly produced, with long knives stolen from the counters of shops, and a concentrated rush was made os the oh urah of St. Joseph The aged sacristan, seeing the mob, hastily closed the outer gates-, hut these were soon forced open with hatchets and bars of iron The massive oaken doors were then attacked. According to the first aooooat the wild horde burst into the church, which instantly became a seceos of pillage and sacrilege. Altars aod statues were hurled to the floor and smashed ; pic tures were rent, candlesticks, ornaments sad posts frcm high altars were thrown down aod trampled under foot. The crucifix above was made the target for missiles and the figure of the Saviour was fractured in several places. Theo while raucous voices sang the ' Carmag sole,'** th chairs were carried outside, piled up and set on fire to the centre of the square fronting the church When this stage was reached the crucifix was pulled down and thro so into the flames. Suddenly the cry was raised that the statue of the Virgin had been forgotteo, and the crowd returned and tore this down also. Meanwhile, the sacristan, who bad been captured by the anarchists, escaped and called the police aod Re publican guards, who promptly arrived with maoy constables. They were empelled to fall b ack tn order to form sp io to Hoe of defense, as the anar ohists attacked thea fearfully with ksive*. At length th s officers began to g ai o the mastery. A score of anarchists took refuge io an adjacent house. Chbers entrenched themselves in the belfry and fiercely defended themselves by showering missiles on the Republi can guards, bot fio al ly these were dislodged. Twenty anarchists were arrested, taken to the police station, searched aod foood to be oarryiog revolvers, loaded sticks and knives. When th3 police entered the church the anarchists had just set fire to the pulpit The interior of the edifice was a complete wreck. Several valuable old pictures that can never be replaced were ruined. After the mob had been driven away Abbe Laeour, the incumbent, collected the fragments of the sacrament aod replaced them io the ci borium. As he j did so he was heard bitterly lament- j g. The people liviog in- the houses searby extinguished the bonfire. Ponce, P. R , Aug. 21-It is now estimated that the bodies of 2.500 vic tims of the recent hurricane have beco buried ; that 1,000 persons were in jured during the storm and that 2.000 people are still missiog. -er - TT Cal), see and buy, embossed or floral Crepe SCHUMAN RETURNS FROM PHILIPPINES. The Commissioner is Very Guarded in His Utterances. HIS BSPORT TO PRESIDENT. Chicago, Aug. 20 -Jacob Gould Schormao, United States commis sioner to the Philippines, arrived iu Chicago today from the islands of which he has just completed a 6 months* study at the instance of President McKinley. He left tonight for his home io Ithaca, N. Y , and will report to the president as soon as a meetiug can be arranged In an interview he said : "So far as the results of my official negotiations with the representatives of Aguinaldo or other Filipino officials are concerned, I am not at liberty to talk till I have made my report to the president. Concerning the islands in general, however, there is mach to be told. In my opinion the rebel lion, the last of which we are trying to suppress, was due in the first place to several causes, the principal of which were the tyranny of some of the religious orders, the exercise of arbitrary power by the governor generals and the delay and corruption of jostice. "The leaders of the rebellion tell their followers the most astounding tales of the Americans and the com mon people believe that the priests under American rule would subject them to the same tyraony. That the American army killed priests or oth erwise maltreated church men or church property is, I believe, utterly without foundation. "Aguinaldo is believed in the isl ands to be honest and I think that he ie acting honestly in money mat ters, but whether from morai or polit ical reasons.I would not say. "While I do not care to discuss the reai motives behind the rebellion at this time, I will say that if it were suppressed there would be many prominent native officials out of an occupation " Mr Schurman declined to answer the question whether he had been the subject of any anti-imperialist communications, saying that, on that question, or any which touched it eve ri indirectly he wonld not speak He also declined to give an opinion on the length of the time it would take to suppress the rebellion. When asked if he considered the retention of the Philippines good policy on the part of this country, Mr. Schurman said that the resources of the islands were great, but that he mast decline to commit himself on the subject of making them a part of this country. Mr Schurman told how the Tagala, who outnumbered ail the other tribes in the vicinity of Man Ma, kept natives of other races from showing their friendliness towards the United States, even when it was impossible to secure their active participation in the war against us "The Tagala," he said, "have sent out little bands of men/ to the chief towns of many of the islands They send 75 or 100 armed men, and it is easy for them to keep the unarmed population of several thousand in a passive state The principle is the same as when three or four armed highwaymen hold np a passenger train By sheer force of nerve and ga ns they make the passengers all submit to being robbed Tbs Tagals are equally highhanded in their methods " One observation which Mr Schur man made of a hopeful nature con cerned the increased respect the Tagals have felt for the Americans since the fighting began. "Before the first battle," he said, "the Filipinos teased and tormented and insulted our men at will, and because there was no fighting in return they thought the Americans were all cowards Since that first night with one or two exceptions, there have been no strong stand up fights and I think they have come to have a wholesome respect for the Americans. A man who recently came io from the country told me that the case now was that the Tagals began to fear God right away whenever he saw an American sol dier " ._ 8outh Carolinians Given Com m 88 0D8. Washington, Aug 19 -The fol lowing have been appointed majors in the new volunteer regiments : D A Frederick, Georgia ; Joseph F. ! Armfield, North Carolina ; A. A. Wiley, Alabama To be captains-W. J. Kendrick, Georgia ; Claude E. Sawyer, South Carolina To be first lieutenants-Silas J. McCaugbrin, Fred Mobley, Lewis i A Griffith, Clarence S Nettles, South I Carolina ; T. B. Seigle North Caro lina To be second lieutenants-W. 0. Thornton, Georgia Manila. Ang. 21-5 40 p m. While a reconnoitering party of tba 24th infantry, nuder Capt. Crane, was crossing the Mariquina River on a raft today the hawser broke Tbe current very swift at that point, capsize drowning nine enlisted men. The United States transport Tarter, from San Francisco, July 24, with Gen Joe Wbeeler and his daughter, troops of the 19th infantry and more 1 than $1,400,000 in coin, has arrived Attorney General Given Au thority. Ia response to the request of Gov. McSweeney, as advised by the attoroey general, the board of directors of the : penitentiary met here Friday for a conference with those officials io regard to the penitentiary shortage. The board was represented by Col. T. J. Cunningham, and Messrs. . K. Sanders, S. P. J. Garr s aod W. 0. Tatum. Col. Neal was not present, j Nor was he represented by an attor ney. s Mr. John Taylor, eecretary of the board, was authorized to give the press the foilowiog resolution which was adopted by the board. "Resolved, That the attoroey general be, and hereby is, empowered and directed to collect the amounts due by the various parties as set forth io the report of the investigating committee to the governor, aod io oonoeotion therewith to briog snob suits as he deems proper aod defend such as he may advise may be brought against the penitentiary authorities, and, in general to take control from a legal standpoint of ali Tatters in connection with this report." This action removes all restraint which might have tied the Attorney General's hand?, aod gives him all ple nary power aod legal support. Mr. Bellinger's task is not a pleasant ooe, but in the prosecution of the Broxson bridge whitecaps he showed that be will shriek no duty. He stated yesterday afternoon that be would for the present have nothing to say of his p aos and purposes. Aftsr the governor had conferred with the board Messrs W. A Ciark and S S Moller representiog the Car olina National bank aod also some o Col. Neal's bondsmen, bad a talk with the board. Last week attorneys looked at the bonds which are on file in the State treasurer's orne?, aod found the papers to be valid for the full amount. -The State, Aug. 19. ORDERED TO MANILA. Washington, Aug. 19.-Secretary Root issued orders for the 27th, the 311st and 34th regiments of volun teer infantry to proceed to San Fran cisco at once These regiments will sail for Maoiia When transportation is provided. The 27th regiment, commanded by Col Bell, is at Camp Meade, the 31st at Fort Thomas, Ky, the 34th at Fort Logan, Colo. The first ten regiments of volon I teers are complete and there is a surplus of about 2,000 meo for the regiments in the Philippines and the next ten being raised, the enlistments yesterday were 236, making a total ofl4, 65. Speaking of the orders issued today to tbe three regiments to pro ceed to San Francisco, Gen. Corbin, said that not only would the other regiments follow soon bot the ten recently ordered would be sent to Manila as soon as they could be organized. Key Distillery Selzad. Raleigh, N C.. Aug. 19.-A special to The News aod Observer from States ville, N. C , says : Reveooe Officer Britt detained the entire wholesale whiskey aod rectifying establishment of the Key Manufac turing aod Distilling Company of this place late last Wednesday for alleged violation of the internal revenue laws. Today, acting nader orders from Collector Harkios, who received instruc tions from toe commissioner of internal revenue. Deputy Collector J. M. Davis seized the entire establishment. About 8,000 galions of spirits were seized. Thia establishment was the largest whiskey house io North Carolina, aod it shipped immense quantities of spirits to all parts of the country. The seizure is probably the 'argest ever made io the State. The officers do oot dis close the oature of the violation or the evidence cn which the seizure was made. The geotlemeo composing the com pany are among States viile's most energetic and popular business meo, aod it ie boped that the little tangle in their business will soon be straightened out Greenwood Whltecapers Give Bond. Greenwood, Aug. 21 -R. J Mc Caslan, Wm. Wilson, Jesse Corley and Joe Jones, the four men charged with complicity in the recent white cap outrages in this county, were arraigned before Magistrate Austin for a preliminary hearing this after noon. The men waived the preliminary and expressed their readiness to give bond br their appearance at the circuit court. A the request of Solicitor Sease, who was present the amount of the bond for each was fixed at $1,000 which the men promptly gave and were released from custody. Solicitor Sease stated this afternoon that at the November term of court he would hand out indictments charg ing the defendants with riot, conspir acy and assautt and battery with intent to kill. The preliminary this afternoon attracted a large number of people to town, including several hundred negroes, but the day passed off quietly. There have so far been no further arrests in the matter. REPUBLICAN MISMANAGEMENT. Tue Queer way the McKinley Crowd Have of Doing; Things. Washington, Aug. 21.-If the ad j ministration follows its present method of showing its confidence in Gen. Otis to its logical conclusion, there will be a new commander in the Philippines before the campaign opens. It began to ehow its oonfideooe io Gen. 0 is, who had cootionally declared that 30, OOO men were all he needed, by-issuing the necessary orders to make the full streogth of the army in the Philippines 40.0.00 men ; then it was decided to make it 50,000, and the orders under which the ten new regiments are being recruited will raise the number to 63,000. To be logical the next order should came a new commander for this large army. The proceedings in con nection with the order to recruit these last teo regiments which, by the way, will almost bring the volunteer army op to the limit set by congress, were an object lesson in the wiblywably polioy which this administration has so often adopted. At first it was positively denied that the order would be issued at all ; then it was said that the regiments would be raised, but would merely be held as a reserve, and at last, when it could no longer be hidden, it was acknowledged that arrangements had been made to laud the last of them at Manila about the 1st of December, which means that they will leave San Francisco early in October The sending of a big army to the Philippines is a political play on the part of the administration. This is recognized by all close political ob servers. The opinion of Col. W E McLsao, of Indiana, who wa deputy commissioner of pensions under the Cleveland administration, and who is now io Washington, on his way to the G. A R. encampment, to which he isa delegate-at-large, is that of thousands, regardless of politics. He said : "One thing is oertaio ; if-the Philippine war is not ended before the presidential campaign comes on, it is good-bye to President McKinley. The war over there is fast growing io unpopularity. The policy of expansion is opposed by a great many western republicans, and the democrats are nearly a unit against it." Speaking of politics ic his own State, Col. MoLeao says : "The Indi ana democrat who is not for Bryan and the Chicago platform is a man without a party, and bis position is so lonesome that he almost feels as though he had BO country.'' The colonel koows, as he was that sort of a democrat himself in 1896. There is a paragraph io au official report just received by Surgeon General Sternberg from Major Jnhn R Hoff, Chief Surgeon of the military district of Porto Rico, which is not calculated to make new shouters for imperalism among the thoughtful. Io considering this very serious matter, it should not be forgotton that Porto Rico is the healthiest of our new Island posses sions. The paragraph is almost too plain spoken to bc quoted in a family paper. Suffice it to say that in it Major Hoff speaks of the alarming prevalence of private diseases among our soldiers over there and says the indications arc that it will cot be long before a large precentage of them will be as thoroughly infected as the native population. He also points out the danger of retuoring soldiers spreading contamination ac their bornes, a danger which Great Britain bas found to be of the gravest proportions io her experiacoe with ber tropical possessions. Some thing like this bas been said before, but it was hooted down as the talk of an alarmist. It begins to look as though the man who said, "the more you know about the tropics the less desire you have to live there/' was right. According to high republican author ity; Alger never wss a real can didate for the Senate and his an nouncement to that effect was made after a fell understanding with Mr. McKinley: solely for the purpose of preparing a reason for his resignation from the cabinet. This may or may not be true, but the announcement several days ago by Mr. Alger that be was entirely out of politics, seems to bear out the story. There has been so much republican thickness in Washing ton that one is never surprised to dis cover something new in that line. The Hanna-McKinley crowd seem to prefer doing even the most simple things in a mysterious way. According co the above mentioned republican authority, "The real truth is, probably, that the cbaoge finally in the war department was compelled, not so mooh by the bitter opposition to General Alger personally as to the necessity confront ing the administration of infusing new vigor into the war in the Philippines, which was languishing beyond the peroid set for its successful conclu sion." Mormons in the South. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 19 -Tne report of President Rich of the Mormon society shows that 490 elders are laboring in the southern field, and during last week they walked 9,260 miles, visited 3.500 families and held 950 meeting. Tho report says io the Georgia oooferenoe 67 eiders are at work and during the week they waiked 909 and visited 169 families. They were refused entertainment 35 times. War Cloud in South Africa. English Officials Consider Figbt With Boers Inevitable. Capetown, Aug. 21 -The report that the Transvaal government had banded down its reply to tbe British agent at Pretoria, to be forwarded to Sir Alfred Milner, British high com missioner for South Africa aod governor of Cape Colony, is confirmed, t is believed however that the proposi tion of Great Britaio for a joint oommission to investigate the effect which the franchise reform legislation would have on (he Outlanders, bas cot been accepted, but that fresh proposals have been advanced. London, August 21.-There is DO longer any doubt that President Kruger bas refused to submit to the demand of Mr. Chamberlain- for the appointment of a court of inquiry. He may have done so diplomatically, bat that his answer is regarded by che British gov ernment as tantamount to a positive refusal is now established. The report that President Kruger has proposed new term is somewhat verified by the guarded comment of the colonial officials and the irritability displayed there. There is net the slightest doubt that they believe war is now the only way to settle the contro versy. They woald far rather had a cart, defiant answer than tbe temporiz iog reply which the Boer president has sent. With the former, Great Britain would have plain grounds for a quick commsLcement of hostilities. Under the circumstances which ic is believed now exist aggressive action needs con siderable explanation to juslify it io the eyes of the world and the Eogiieh minority who still declare that war would be an outrage. However, if Mr Chamberlain had his wa*; it is be lieved President Kruger's counter pro posais will meet wich scant attention, and unless the Boers completely back down, which is not likely, the crisis will quickly develop into war. It is gathered that the colonial office has been aware of the cature of the Transvaal's reply for some days. Hence it is probable that Great Britain will delay the denouement as long 88 possi ble. YELLOW FEVER GERMS The Commission of Experts Appointed in 1897, Re ports. Washington Aug. 18.-The report of the commission appointed by the president in 1897 from the Marine Hospital service staff to investigate the natnre of yellow fever was today made public by Surgeon General Wyman The commission was com posed of Surgeon Eugene Wasdin and passed assistant Surgeon Ged dings, both of them experts The conclusion of the commission is summarized as follows : First-That the micro organism discovered by Prof. Giuseppe San arelii, of the University of Bologna, Italy, and by him named "bacillus icteroidese/' is the canse of yellow fever. Second-That yellow fever is naturally infections in certain animais the degree varying with the species, that in some rodents local infection is very quickly followed by blood infections ; and that, while in dogs and rabits there is no evidence of this subsequent invasion of the blood, monkeys react to the infection the same as man. Third-That infection takes by way of the respiratory tract, tue primary colonization in this tract giving to the earlier manifestations of tne disease. Fourth-That in many cases of the disease, probably a majority, the primary infection or colonization in the lungs is followed by a secondary infection, or a secondary colonization of this organism in the blood of the patient This secondary infection may be complicated by the coinstan eous passage of other organisms into the blood, or this complication may arise during the last hours of life Fifth-That there is no evidence to support that theory advanced by Prof. Sanarelli that this disease is primarily septicaemia, inasmuch as cases do occur in which the bacillus ictroides cannot be found in the blood or orgaus in which it might be deposited therefrom Sixth-That there exists no casual relationship between the bacillus "X" of Sternberg and this highly infectious disease, and that bacillus "X" is frequently found in the intes tinal contents of the normal anima s and of man, as well as in the urine and the bronchial secretion. Seventh-That, so far as your com mission is aware, the bacillus ictero ides has never been found in any body other than one infected with yellow fever, and that whatever may be the cultural similarities between this and other micro organisms it is characterized by a specificity which is distinctive Eight-That the bacillus icteroides is very susceptible to the influences injurious to bacterial life ; and that its ready control by the processes of disinfection, chemical and mechani cal, is assured Ninth-That the bacillus icteroides produces in vitro, es well as in vita, a toxin of the most marked potency ? and that, from our present knowledge there exists a reasonable possibility of the ultimate production of au antiserum more potent than that of Prof Sanarelli. Neal Wants to Pay Up. Col Neal has written to the governor and to the attorney general asking for a few days in which to be given a chance to come to Columbia to settle op his affairs. The delay is occasioeed by the fact that bis attorney is at Buffalo Li thia Springs, Va. It was rumored yesterday that orders had been given for Col. Neal's arrest. Mr. Bellinger denied that this was true, and declined to discuss this phase of the developments of the penitentiary shortage affair.-The State, Aug. 23. mm* i i ? mm Norfolk, Va, August 21.-A spe cial to the Virginian-Pilot, from Washington, N. C, says that the storm played havoc on Ocracoke Island, destroying thirty houses and two churches, washing. away the Norfolk and Southern Railroad piers, grounding' steamers and . schooners wrecking smaller crafts of fishermen, drowning net less than twenty men, and all thc horses and cattle on the island. It was the most de 8tructive storm that section has ever known. The island was under i water three days. Walhalla, Aug. 21-Io a difficully Saturday night, Sam White was struck with a rock by Sam Elkins. White died Snnday. Elkins fled. ? The sherill 'with a posse is io pursuit. 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